Tausend Shaded

Tausend Collection

Tausend Shaded

A homage. Not a revival.

Designer(s)

Team & Details

Technology, Licenses & Trademarks

Gabriel Richter

“We’ll take on any case.” Given his broad creative spectrum, the motto of Germany’s very popular youth book and radio play series, Die Drei ??? (The Three Investigators), could well be Gabriel Richter’s own motto. Proof of his typographic versatility can be found in a variety of projects: from his debut work FF Infra (distributed by Monotype) to his retail fonts (e.g. Massimo Grafia (with Andreas Uebele), Neue Television (with Klaus Richter) and Takeoff) published by his own label ‘nice to type’ to a multitude of custom jobs. Gabriel Richter also drew the exclusive Rocky Beach Grotesque for the publisher of Die Drei ??? and the groundbreaking typeface for the multi-award-winning orientation system for the creative agency, serviceplan (both on behalf of the büro uebele). All of Gabriel’s type designs are united by a special, non-conformist, eye-catching twist that interests even those not normally excited by type.

Gabriel’s initial spark for type design came during his studies at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences at a workshop led by Jakob Runge and Max Kostopoulos. An internship at FontShop International, which lasted several months, helped forge his typographic path and enabled him to establish contacts that led to a close collaboration with Christoph Koeberlin. Gabriel supported Christoph in the expansion of Pangea and they have recently worked together on Tausend (both released by Fontwerk). A further internship at the legendary Stuttgart-based agency, büro uebele gave him the opportunity to combine graphic and type design and perhaps explains the dynamic graphic energy that his typefaces exude.

Gabriel not only heeds the advice of his former FontShop mentor Andreas Frohloff, “If you think the comma is long enough, then make it longer,” in his stylistically diverse designs. He now also passes it on to the students at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, where he has taught type design since 2016. Inspired by his former lecturer, Daniel Fels, Gabriel conveys the connection between clear structures, an understanding of form and openness to all styles. This is also where his design career began as part of his communication design studies.

Having now settled down in Japan, the Black metal music fan no longer rules out any genre. He also pursues this stylistic openness in his choice and design of fonts, and thereby helps expand the creative spectrum of our own label.

More about Gabriel

Fonts on Fontwerk

Tausend Collection

Christoph Koeberlin

Website

A Berliner by choice, Christoph Koeberlin, is one of the most sought-after font engineers in Europe. Foundries such as FontFont, Swiss Typefaces, TypeBy, Miles Newlyn, TypeMates and Grilli Type and brands such as Ebay, TikTok, ZDF, Volkswagen, the German government, Deutsche Bank, DFB, Porsche, MAN, Twitter, Decathlon, Pinterest, Figma, Telekom and Lufthansa put their trust in him. What’s more, the Fontwerk engineering team would be unimaginable without his instrumental help in the early days. The list would be even more star-studded if it weren’t for numerous non-disclosure agreements.

Yet it is not just his technical know-how that Christoph is renowned for. His creative work is proof of his keen instinct for what makes a stand-out and highly sought-after corporate typeface. In addition to FF Mark, which he designed in partnership with Hannes von Döhren and the FontFont Type Department back in 2013, Christoph is also the designer behind Fabrikat (released by HVD Fonts 2016) and Pangea (published by Fontwerk 2020). All three of these typefaces became bestsellers within a very short space of time. He was also significantly involved in major custom font projects for Mercedes-Benz, Liebherr, Hyundai, Lonely Planet and SFMOMA. This makes him one of the best typeface designers of our time. Yet Christoph remains modest and down-to-earth in an almost Keanu Reeves-esque manner with philanthropic ideas and actions such as the permanent donation of part of his Pangea royalties to help conserve the rainforest. With his latest work, Tausend, together with Gabriel Richter he is writing the next chapter. It too has what it takes to be the next big thing.

At this point, any other CV would already be impressive and full to the brim, yet Christoph has another trick up his sleeve, his passion project sportsfonts.com. Under this umbrella, he designs retail and exclusive fonts for sports clubs and brands such as FSV Mainz 05, FC St. Pauli, Werder Bremen, Schalke 04 and (his) 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Their fans are just as enthusiastic about it as the specialist audience, as documented by awards such as the ADC 2025 Grand Prix Design Award (!), the iF Design Award and German Brand Award.

Christoph Koeberlin is a multi-talented, exceptional designer who can fill many positions – always at a world-class level.

More about Christoph

Fonts on Fontwerk

Pangea Collection

Pangea Afrikan Collection

Tausend Collection

Design Contributions

Andreas Frohloff

Mastering, Production

Gabriel Richter
Christoph Koeberlin

Marketing

Christoph Koeberlin Naming, Videos, Campaign
Gabriel Richter Videos, Campaign
Ivo Gabrowitsch Campaign, Copywriting, Specimen
Jana Heinz Artwork
Sandra Winkelmann Motion Graphics
Jürgen Siebert Copywriting
Lucy Beckley English Translation, Proofreading
Sebastian Carewe Proofreading

Design Period

2022–2025

Release History

Version 1.0: June 16, 2025

Recommended Use

Advertising & Packaging
Editorial & Publishing
Film & TV
Logo, Branding & CI
Fashion
Music & Nightlife
Poster & Billboards
Responsive Designs

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

Included in the Collection package

4 fonts: Tausend (‘Normal’ and Plakat), Soft (‘Normal’ Soft and Plakat Soft) with 2 axes each: weight, optical size; Stencil with 2 axes: weight, stencil; Shaded with 1 axis: weight

Web file sizes .woff2: 349 KB Tausend, 416 KB Tausend Soft, 206 KB Tausend Shaded, 173 KB Tausend Stencil

Trademarks

Tausend Shaded™ is a trademark of Fontwerk GmbH

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