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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.
Fonts in use: The typefaces Tausend Plakat and Tausend in combination with Hiragino Sans for the photo book ‘Yamakasa 2025 Nishinagare’ that documents the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival in Fukuoka, Japan
Yamakasa
In combination with the Japanese typeface Hiragino Sans (Screen Graphic Solutions), whose subtle weight gradations could be precisely matched to our Tausend, a captivating typographic dialogue was created in a photo book that documents the Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival 2025.
A spotlight on the Tausend Shaded typeface by Christoph Koeberlin and Gabriel Richter: Promotional artwork
Tausend Shaded
The shaded version of Tausend is not a nostalgic gimmick. It is the precise, digital reinterpretation of an almost forgotten style icon from the early days of sans serif typefaces.
Tausend™ Font Collection by Fontwerk – font sample, marketing artwork – Tausend Plakat
Tausend
In for an a, in for a thousand. The story of a typeface that started small and is making it big.