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The Tausend Collection has won one of the first new TDC Type-High Awards in bronze. It was also named Judges’ Choice.
TDC Type-High for Tausend
The Tausend Collection has won one of the first new TDC Type-High Awards in bronze. In the ‘Text + Display Typefaces’ category, it was also named Judges’ Choice, which is the personal favorite entry for each competition judge.
Hot on the heals of the recent wins for Tausend, we are overjoyed to see Tausend Collection shortlisted (‘Auszeichnung’) in the ADC Competition 2026 in the Typography and Type Design category.
Tausend shortlisted in the ADC Awards 2026
Hot on the heals of the recent wins for Tausend, we are overjoyed to see Tausend Collection shortlisted (‘Auszeichnung’) in the ADC Competition 2026 in the Typography and Type Design category.
Tausend by Christoph Koeberlin and Gabriel Richter was awarded a Merit in the Hiiiibrand Design Awards 2025 and a Merit Honor in the 2026 ADC Awards.
Double award win for Tausend
Tausend by Christoph Koeberlin and Gabriel Richter was awarded a Merit in the Hiiiibrand Design Awards 2025 and a Merit Honor in the 2026 ADC Awards.
Christine Gertsch’s Push family won silver at the Hiiibrand Design Awards 2024 in the Latin Type Design category.
Push wins Silver at Hiiibrand Awards 2024
Christine Gertsch’s Push family won silver at the Hiiibrand Design Awards 2024 in the Latin Type Design category.
Fontwerk.com was awarded an amazing Gold in the Digital Design – UX and UI Website Design category at the Indigo Design Awards.
Gold for fontwerk.com
Fontwerk.com was awarded an amazing Gold in the Digital Design – UX and UI Website Design category at the Indigo Design Awards.
Our release campaign for the release of the Push typeface just scooped a Bronze ‘Nail’ at the highly coveted German Art Directors Club (ADC) Award.
Push Campaign—Nailed It!
Our release campaign for the release of Christine Gertsch’s Push typeface just scooped a Bronze ‘Nail’ at the highly coveted German Art Directors Club (ADC) Award.
We are delighted that our new Fontwerk.com has been nominated in The Webby Awards’ Websites and Mobile Sites – Shopping & Retail category.
Fontwerk.com is a Webby Nominee
We are delighted that our new Fontwerk.com has been nominated in The Webby Awards’ Websites and Mobile Sites – Shopping & Retail category.
Neue DIN has been awarded yet another award (number 6 now!) and we are absolutely over the moon that it continues to gain recognition.
Neue DIN wins Silver at Hiiibrand Awards 2023
Neue DIN has been awarded yet another award (number 6 now!) and we are absolutely over the moon that this relative newbie to the Fontwerk family continues to gain recognition.
Our Color Font Hamster has just received a great deal of recognition: The prestigious “Certificate of Excellence” in the 70th TDC competition.
Hamster hops to victory
Joe Stitzlein’s Color Font Hamster has just received a great deal of recognition: The prestigious “Certificate of Excellence” in the 70th TDC competition.
We are delighted to share the news that Neue DIN has also just won the prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD 2024.
Neue DIN wins iF Design Award 2024
We are delighted to share the news that Neue DIN has also just won the prestigious iF DESIGN AWARD 2024 in the category Communication → Typography/Signage.
The German Design Award is one of the most prestigious creative awards in the world and we are proud that our work has been recognized and awarded this accolade by the German Design Council.
Neue DIN wins a German Design Award
The German Design Award is one of the most prestigious creative awards in the world and we are proud that our work has been recognized and awarded this accolade by the German Design Council.
Neue DIN typeface has won one of Germany’s most coveted creative accolades.
ADC Bronze Award for Neue DIN
Neue DIN has won one of Germany’s most coveted creative accolades.
Both West and Pangea have won awards in the Joseph Binder Awards 2022.
West and Pangea recognized
Both West and Pangea have won awards in the Joseph Binder Awards 2022.
Out of over 1,100 entries to this year’s competition just 137 were selected by the jury and awarded across fifteen different categories.
Nice wins Award of Excellence
Out of over 1,100 entries to this year’s competition just 137 were selected by the jury and awarded across fifteen different categories.
The typeface Nikolai in use for KARAK, an Austrian manufacturer of traditional Raku ceramic tiles.
KARAK
Perhaps the rebelliously constructed letters K and k were the calling card that opened the door to Nikolai as a brand font for KARAK tiles.
Ika typeface has been recognized in three prestigious awards
Ika honored by three
We celebrate Jörg Hemker’s beautiful Ika being recognized in three of the industry’s most prestigious awards.