Drawn by hand
No auto-tracing, no shortcuts. Each glyph begins as ink on paper, then gets argued over, tightened and cut at 2000 units.
Nimbus Type Co. — Independent type foundry, Berlin
Type is
never
neutral.
We draw, bend and stress-test letterforms for brands, galleries and stubborn ideas. Twenty-four families. One loud point of view.
01 — Features
Typefaces with a point of view.
Every family starts as an argument about what letters should do — then we draw until the argument wins.
Built to bend
Weight and optical size ride on variable axes — one file, from whisper to poster, from footnote to façade.
Licensed with clarity
Plain-language licenses for desktop, web and screens. Buy once, read once, ship without a lawyer on speed-dial.
02 — Process
From brief to broadsheet.
Three moves, no mystery — the same route whether you license a family or commission one.
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Send a brief
Tell us the voice, the audience and the deadline. One page is plenty; a strong opinion is better.
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We draw and test
Sketches become families. We stress-test every cut at 8pt and 8 metres until nothing snaps.
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You ship it loud
Variable files, static cuts, web builds and a specimen site — delivered with kerning we obsess over.
03 — Voices
Set by people who shout.
“Nimbus gave our biennale an identity you can hear from the back of the hall.”
“The variable axes saved our redesign, our deadline and possibly my marriage.”
“Commissioning Nimbus felt like buying type from a gallery, not a file from a shop.”
04 — Licensing
Fair type, priced plainly.
Three ways in. Every license is perpetual, every update is free, and students always pay nothing.
Solo
$59 per typeface
One family for one voice.
- One typeface, all styles
- Desktop + web license
- Up to 3 seats
- Free updates forever
Most popular
Studio
$290 per year
The whole library on one invoice.
- All 24 families
- Variable axes included
- Up to 10 seats
- Unlimited web traffic
- Priority support
Foundry
Custom
Bespoke type, built around you.
- Custom letterforms & logotypes
- Full rights transfer
- Unlimited seats
- Kerning clinics & workshops
05 — FAQ
Asked, answered.
Yes. Every family ships with a free trial cut — the full character set, lightly watermarked — cleared for pitch decks, coursework and mock-ups.
One domain with unlimited traffic, self-hosted WOFF2 files, and no tracking scripts. Subdomains count as one domain, because counting them felt rude.
Every family released since 2022 ships as a variable font with weight and optical-size axes, plus static cuts for apps that still fear the future.
Students license desktop fonts free with a valid academic address. Galleries, museums and non-profits take 40% off — just write to us.
Twice a year we open two commission slots: logotypes, custom lettering or full families. Briefs are read in the order they shout.
06 — Commissions
Make it yours.
Make it loud.
Two commission slots open each season. Bring a brief, a deadline, or just a strong opinion.