Hamster
Hamster
We are getting serious – with fun fonts!
Designer(s)
Joe Stitzlein
Joe Stitzlein
Retail typefaces by Joe Stitzlein are in fact somewhat of a rarity. After ITC Tactile, which won a TDC award in 1999, Hamster follows a quarter of a century later.
Hamster is a typeface that is simply fun to use and is peppered with all kinds of design and technical subtleties. Usually, Joe can be found creating waves and stirring up dust in the custom font sector. In fact, he has designed fonts for SGI (awarded a D&AD Pencil), Sempra Energy, Cloudera, Glasgow Rangers, Telge and a popular social network, many of which included huge language extensions.
First and foremost, Joe is a designer of brand systems and identities, of which his or other designers’ fonts play an integral part. He has left his mark on many household and well-known brands such as FedEx, Herman Miller, Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move programme, H2FLY, Helion, P&G and Pixar, and has designed logos for Netflix, Lilly and dwell.
With Steve Jobs, he defined Apple’s imagery and packaging standards, as Executive Creative Director at Google he helped them become a global design studio, and for Nike he was Senior Global Creative Director for Nike+ and Nike Running, creating a campaign that resulted in the world’s most successful shoes (Nike Free).
In 2016, he joined forces with Leslie Stitzlein to form Stitzlein Studio, a brand identity, type design and digital environments practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drawing on his vast expertise to help brands stand out.
We couldn’t be happier that his immense experience is now making its way into the Fontwerk library with Hamster.
Fonts on Fontwerk
Team & Details
Design Contributions
Laurie Schmitt Illustrations
Leslie Stitzlein
Olli Meier
Mastering, Production
Olli Meier
Marketing
Joe Stitzlein Naming, Copywriting
Snask Artwork, Campaign
Darwood Sound Design
Golden Retriever Photography
Olli Meier Microsite, Artwork
Jana Heinz Artwork
Ivo Gabrowitsch Copywriting, Specimen
Lucy Beckley English Translation
Design Period
2019–2022
Release History
Version 1.00: February 21, 2023
Version 2.00: September 26, 2025 lowercase, 5 extra colors, more stylistic sets
Awards
2024 TDC Awards Certificate of Typographic Excellence
Technology, Licenses & Trademarks
Formats
Static .otf, .woff2
Variable .ttf, .woff2
Additional formats on request
Licenses
Trial Free test license
Base Includes Desktop, Web and Social Media use
Extended Larger volume, App or Audio-Visual
Additional licenses on request
Modifications, Extensions
Available on request
Variable Fonts
15 variable fonts are included in the Family package
1 axis: weight
Web file sizes .woff2: 145–200 KB
Trademarks
Hamster™ is a trademark of Fontwerk GmbH
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