Nikolas Type

What Is Nikolas Type?

Nikolas Type is an independent type foundry based in Cologne, Germany, established by typeface designer Nikolas Wrobel in 2019. It specializes in typography by creating and distributing retail and bespoke typefaces suitable for analog and digital media. As a paid service, Nikolas Type offers a catalog of fonts that blend historical influences with contemporary design, providing designers with distinctive letterforms for various projects.

What Nikolas Type Does

• Produces retail typefaces such as Solare, Grand Slang, Cosi Azure, and Cosi Times, available in multiple styles including variables.
• Develops bespoke custom typefaces tailored to specific client needs in the type and graphic design sectors.
• Provides an online platform with type testers, glyph palettes, and an integrated e-commerce system for purchasing fonts.
• Designs fonts that balance structure and fluidity, drawing from mid-20th-century calligraphy and grotesque sans-serif characteristics.
• Supports print and digital applications through refined shapes and detailed letterforms optimized for display and text use.
• Maintains a catalog focused on idiosyncratic voices for communication, with features like alternate characters in select designs.

How Nikolas Type Can Be Used

• In branding projects, such as Nike campaigns, where Grand Slang provides a modern calligraphic style for headlines and logos.
• For book design and publishing, as seen in Gestalten's "The New Beauty" using Grand Slang for expressive typography.
• Within web and digital interfaces via the foundry's website, which includes microinteractions and a seamless buy flow for font acquisition and testing.
• In editorial layouts like "Times of Norway" with Cosi Times, integrating historical serif elements into contemporary print media.
• For custom engagements, such as collaborations with studios like Unseen Studio on Solare for cosmic-inspired digital homes.
• Across advertising and packaging, evident in uses by Mandarin Oriental and Ciclo Bangkok for distinctive typographic identities.

Who Is Nikolas Type For?

Nikolas Type serves graphic designers, art directors, and type enthusiasts seeking unique typefaces that reimagine letterforms with a fresh balance of past and future elements. It fits projects requiring display typography with personality, from professional agencies handling brand identities to independent creators working on print publications and digital experiences. The foundry appeals to those in the typography industry needing retail fonts or custom solutions for analog and digital workflows. Visit Nikolas Type