Type on Loan +
Design Activity +
This is a collection of typefaces from independent type foundries free to download or use on a trial basis for educational and non-commercial use.
The idea evolved from our experience of teaching typography with our graphic design students. Our aim is to raise awareness of the craftsmanship of typeface design by making type accessible and free to use.
The Type on Loan collection will act as a resource to be used for Collectarium design activities to encourage dialogue, debate, and purposeful play.
The visual identity of the Collectarium website is made from a variety of free typefaces from this collection.
This collection is ongoing – please email us if you would like to contribute.
© Collectarium 2022
Design Activity 01: What’s your Type?
A drawing workshop that substitutes the life model for letters dressed up in various typefaces.
The 'Type on Loan' collection was used to analyse the anatomy of type using traditional life drawing exercises. Students learnt about typefaces, terminology and the history and contexts for use.
- Arabic
- Condensed
- Cyrillic
- Display
- dots
- Female Designer
- FREE
- Greek
- Hebrew
- latin
- PanEuro
- rounded
- Russian
- sans serif
- Script
- serif
- stencil
- Typewriter
- Vietnamese
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Akkurat Thin
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Akkurat Mono Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Aperçu extra Light
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Arabic Designer
Nadine Chahine
Font:
Aperçu Arabic
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon
Font:
Archive Semi Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Autoscape Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Arabic Designer
Nadine Chahine
Font:
Basis Grotesque Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Charles Grant & Dieter Zempsch
Font:
Beans Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Jonas Williamsson
Font:
Biff Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Tobias-David Albert
Font:
Blankenhorn Brush
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Tobias-David Albert
Font:
Blankenhorn Script
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Bradford Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Bradford Mono Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Marco Walser/Elektrosmog
Font:
Brauer Thin
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Burgess Semi Bold
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Castledown
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Nazareno Crea
Font:
Catalogue Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Circular Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Laurenz Brunner
Font:
Circular Mono Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
James Goggin
Font:
Courier Sans Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon Foundry (Principal design) / Frank Grießhammer
Font:
DM Serif Display Regular
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Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Euclid Circular A Bold
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Euclid Stencil MakR
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Stephan Müller
Font:
Excellent Bold Italic
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon
Font:
Fann Grotesque Semi Bold
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Fortescue Regular
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Stephan Müller
Font:
Freundschaft Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Gravur Condensed Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Aurèle Sack
Font:
Grey Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Yevgeniy Anfalov
Font:
Heymland Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Nico Schweizer
Font:
Hoboken High Sans Regular
Foundry:
Bold Monday
Designer:
Mike Abbink (Principal design)
Font:
IBM Plex Mono Medium
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
IKANSEEYOUALL – All of you
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Charles Grant & Dieter Zempsch
Font:
Jumping Jack Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Joel Nordström
Font:
Kada Regular
Foundry:
Google Fonts
Designer:
Tyler Finck
Font:
Knewave
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Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
KOPYME Again
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Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
KRSNA Dreamer
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
La Fabrique Light
Foundry:
League of Moveable Type
Designer:
Morris Fuller Benton / League of Moveable Type
Font:
League Gothic Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Nico Schweizer
Philippe Desarzens
Font:
Le Corbusier
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Kobi Benezri
Font:
Lettera Mono Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Kobi Benezri
Robert Huber
Font:
Lettera Text Medium
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Anthony Burrill
Font:
Lisbon Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Martha Stutteregger
Font:
Lord Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Lutz Headline Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon
Font:
Lydia Condensed Bold
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Benjamin Critton & Colophon
Font:
Mabry Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Dries Wiewauters
Font:
Mad Sans
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Marche Super
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Robert Huber
Font:
Medium Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Robert Huber
Font:
Moderne Light
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Mono Book
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Monosten Regular
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
NewPanam Skyline Italic
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
New Paris Headline Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Lukas Schneider
Stephan Müller
Font:
Numberplate
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Martha Stutteregger
Font:
Number Two
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Lineto
Font:
Montefiore Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Dries Wiewauters
Font:
Nib Regular
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Foundry:
League of Movable Type
Designer:
Matt McInerney
Font:
Orbitron Blac
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Studio Makgill
Font:
Pantograph Regular
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Dries Wiewauters
Font:
PDU (6 Styles)
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Peggs Medium
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Dries Wiewauters
Font:
Pep Solid Black
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Alison Haigh
Font:
Perfin Regular
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Why Not Smile
Font:
Pin (6 styles)
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
James Goggin
Mauro Paolozzi
Rafael Koch
Font:
Prismaset A (Variations)
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Arve Båtevik
Mauro Paolozzi
Font:
Prismaset B (Variation)
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Aurèle Sack
NORM
Font:
Purple Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Benjamin Critton & Colophon Foundry
Font:
Raisonne Reg (6 styles)
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Reader Medium
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Foundry:
Pampatype
Designer:
Pampatype
Font:
Reforma 1918 Blanca
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
NORM
Font:
Replica Mono Regular
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Riviera Nights Regular
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
SangBleu Sunrise Air
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
SangBleu Og Sans (Various)
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Simplon Norm Bold
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Suisse Int'l Condensed Regular
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Suisse Int'l Mono Trial
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Suisse Int'l Ultra Light
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Suisse Neue Light
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Supermax Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Jonathan Hares
Font:
Super Studio Light
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Arve Båtevik
Font:
Supreme Regular
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Arve Båtevik
Font:
Supreme Display Jumbo
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
System85 bold
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Thermo Alpha
Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
TheW Clan GZA
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Transcript Ultra Light
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Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Maurice Göldner
Font:
Typ 1451 Bold
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Christian Mengelt/Team’77
Font:
Unica 77 Black
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
The Entente
Font:
Value Sans Medium
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Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon Foundry & Benjamin Critton
Font:
Value Serif Medium
Foundry:
Lineto
Designer:
Cornel Windlin
Font:
Vectrex Regular
Foundry:
Colophon
Designer:
Colophon
Font:
Visuelt Black
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Foundry:
Swiss Typefaces
Designer:
Swiss Typefaces
Font:
Vogy Smog Only