RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 09/04/2024 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 09/04/2024 The Northern Block’s New Romanesque Typeface Markus Low—As Mythical as it is Modern. Read More RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/02/2024 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/02/2024 Perfectly Imperfect; it’s time to play with Zabawa—The Northern Block’s newest handwritten typeface. Read More NEWS Donna Wearmouth 11/01/2024 NEWS Donna Wearmouth 11/01/2024 A Year of Typographic Excellence: The Northern Block’s 2023 in Review. Read More RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 11/12/2023 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 11/12/2023 The Northern Block releases Cagney—A typeface that smacks of prohibition Americana, dipped in psychedelia. Read More RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/11/2023 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/11/2023 The Northern Block re-releases Dekal—Bringing a revival typeface out to play, in a retro future near you. Read More NEWS Donna Wearmouth 31/10/2023 NEWS Donna Wearmouth 31/10/2023 The Northern Block’s Angusta typeface snaps up a win in the Communication Arts Typography Competition. Read More RELEASES Guest User 25/09/2023 RELEASES Guest User 25/09/2023 From Maggy to Maggie’s. The Northern Block designs an eclectic typeface encouraging creatives to type for a cause. Read More RELEASES Guest User 26/07/2023 RELEASES Guest User 26/07/2023 Nostalgia and art history drive Jonathan Hill’s latest experimental typeface—Hubsch. Read More FONTS IN USE Guest User 06/07/2023 FONTS IN USE Guest User 06/07/2023 When typefaces take on a life of their own—exploring the creative marriage between type designer and typographer. Read More NEWS Guest User 18/05/2023 NEWS Guest User 18/05/2023 The Northern Block scores a win in the Type Directors Club (TDC69) competition for type family Fagun. Read More INSPIRATION Guest User 04/05/2023 INSPIRATION Guest User 04/05/2023 Traditional American wood type provides inspiration for The Northern Block’s latest type family—Angusta. Read More RELEASES Guest User 05/04/2023 RELEASES Guest User 05/04/2023 The Northern Block produces Fagun, a versatile type family with Victorian roots available in 14 styles plus variable. Read More RELEASES Guest User 13/03/2023 RELEASES Guest User 13/03/2023 Loew Variable blends fresh with familiar and draws on inspiration from mid-century industrial designers. Read More INSPIRATION Guest User 21/02/2023 INSPIRATION Guest User 21/02/2023 Better known for modernist geometric sans, our first serif typeface in years is due for release—meet Leida. Read More TEAM Jonathan Hill 08/02/2023 TEAM Jonathan Hill 08/02/2023 The idea of pushing boundaries has always been on the cards for our newest type designer, Tasos. Read More INSPIRATION Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 INSPIRATION Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 How a 1970s film poster for The Battle for the Planet of the Apes inspired the design of Waldo. Read More LEARNING Scott Briggs 12/09/2022 LEARNING Scott Briggs 12/09/2022 The perks of using a font subscription: In conversation with Ariadne Remoundakis from Adobe. Read More FONTS IN USE Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 FONTS IN USE Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 It turns out, a typeface always has to earn its reputation before it becomes exclusive. Read More
RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 09/04/2024 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 09/04/2024 The Northern Block’s New Romanesque Typeface Markus Low—As Mythical as it is Modern. Read More
RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/02/2024 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/02/2024 Perfectly Imperfect; it’s time to play with Zabawa—The Northern Block’s newest handwritten typeface. Read More
NEWS Donna Wearmouth 11/01/2024 NEWS Donna Wearmouth 11/01/2024 A Year of Typographic Excellence: The Northern Block’s 2023 in Review. Read More
RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 11/12/2023 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 11/12/2023 The Northern Block releases Cagney—A typeface that smacks of prohibition Americana, dipped in psychedelia. Read More
RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/11/2023 RELEASES Donna Wearmouth 27/11/2023 The Northern Block re-releases Dekal—Bringing a revival typeface out to play, in a retro future near you. Read More
NEWS Donna Wearmouth 31/10/2023 NEWS Donna Wearmouth 31/10/2023 The Northern Block’s Angusta typeface snaps up a win in the Communication Arts Typography Competition. Read More
RELEASES Guest User 25/09/2023 RELEASES Guest User 25/09/2023 From Maggy to Maggie’s. The Northern Block designs an eclectic typeface encouraging creatives to type for a cause. Read More
RELEASES Guest User 26/07/2023 RELEASES Guest User 26/07/2023 Nostalgia and art history drive Jonathan Hill’s latest experimental typeface—Hubsch. Read More
FONTS IN USE Guest User 06/07/2023 FONTS IN USE Guest User 06/07/2023 When typefaces take on a life of their own—exploring the creative marriage between type designer and typographer. Read More
NEWS Guest User 18/05/2023 NEWS Guest User 18/05/2023 The Northern Block scores a win in the Type Directors Club (TDC69) competition for type family Fagun. Read More
INSPIRATION Guest User 04/05/2023 INSPIRATION Guest User 04/05/2023 Traditional American wood type provides inspiration for The Northern Block’s latest type family—Angusta. Read More
RELEASES Guest User 05/04/2023 RELEASES Guest User 05/04/2023 The Northern Block produces Fagun, a versatile type family with Victorian roots available in 14 styles plus variable. Read More
RELEASES Guest User 13/03/2023 RELEASES Guest User 13/03/2023 Loew Variable blends fresh with familiar and draws on inspiration from mid-century industrial designers. Read More
INSPIRATION Guest User 21/02/2023 INSPIRATION Guest User 21/02/2023 Better known for modernist geometric sans, our first serif typeface in years is due for release—meet Leida. Read More
TEAM Jonathan Hill 08/02/2023 TEAM Jonathan Hill 08/02/2023 The idea of pushing boundaries has always been on the cards for our newest type designer, Tasos. Read More
INSPIRATION Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 INSPIRATION Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 How a 1970s film poster for The Battle for the Planet of the Apes inspired the design of Waldo. Read More
LEARNING Scott Briggs 12/09/2022 LEARNING Scott Briggs 12/09/2022 The perks of using a font subscription: In conversation with Ariadne Remoundakis from Adobe. Read More
FONTS IN USE Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 FONTS IN USE Jonathan Hill 12/09/2022 It turns out, a typeface always has to earn its reputation before it becomes exclusive. Read More