We design fonts for passionate graphic designers working on projects that they love.

Contacts

Feel free to contact us for trials, licensing or possible collaboration: info(at)contrastfoundry.com.

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Contrast Foundry Inc.
803 Kirkaldy Ct,
Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94087

Clients

The typefaces we designed are used by Coca-Cola, Nike, Yandex, Tretyakov Gallery, Strelka Institute, Théâtre de Belleville, The Art Newspaper, Fader Magazine, Tsaritsino Museum, The Khudozhestvenny Cinema, LaModa and others.

Our client list also includes BBDO, Comme des Garçons, LaModa, Kinopoisk, Redmadrobot, Petrick Animation Stuidio, Strelka Institute.

Awards

2021
Communication Arts Apt Buildings Wordmark

2020
Red Dot Award May: A Typeface to Remember
Communication Arts Contrast Foundry Farm Specimen

2019
Modern Cyrillic William typefamily

2018
Communication Arts Typography short list, Oktyabr logotype

2016
Print Magazine Typography and Lettering Award, Best in Class, ‘Freedom for political prisoners in Russia’

2015
Granshan Non-Latin Typeface Design Competition Special Mention in Cyrillic typeface category, Sputnik Display
Granshan Non-Latin Typeface Design Competition Special Mention in Display typeface category, Weber Slab

2014
Morisawa Competition Silver Prize in Latin category for Chimera
Type Directors Club (TDC²) New York Certificate of Excellence in Typeface Design for Chimera

2013
New Cyrillic Award William Headline

2011
Granshan Non-Latin Typeface Design Competition 1st Prize in Cyrillic Text typeface category, William
Letter.2 Award Selection of the best typefaces of the decade, William

Publications

2022
Readymag Reciprocity: what actually shapes the spirit of a typeface
New Aesthetic 3

2021
Skillbox Media
T1 (Umprum) Baking Typefaces. Interview with Maria Doreuli

2020
Zeh Media How a Type Designer Works
Future Fonts Interview
O-1 Magazine Type Specimen Issue

2019
Typographica Favorite typefaces of 2018
Type.today Interview with Maria Doreuli
Schrift Publishers 10 Cyrillic typefaces of 2018
Readymag Designing Woman
Fontstand Contrast Foundry: bliss and temperance in type design
Eye Magazine Type now: Independence and originality
Femme Type A book celebrating women in the type industry
AIGA Eye on Design
Fontstand Notable releases of 2018

2018
Hacer y Componer Una introducción a la tipografía
Bi-Scriptual Typography and Graphic Design with Multiple Script Systems
TypoTalks Interview with Maria Doreuli

2017
Typejournal Type without typography

2016
When Form Matters British Higher School of Art and Design
Dutch Alphabets A collection of lettering compiled by Mathieu Lommen and Peter Verheul
365 Typo 365 Stories on type, typography and graphic design

2015
Print 9 Type Designers to Watch

2014
Workspiration Interview with Maria Doreuli
Typejournal Interview with Maria Doreuli
Design Juices Interview with Maria Doreuli
TDC Annual Catalogue

2013
How to: Typeface Typefaces in branding, periodicals, packaging, signage, web and calligraphy
Golden Bee Biennale Catalogue
8 Faces, Issue №8

Speaking & workshops

2022
Letrástica Guadalajara, Mexico
Practica Program
NERD (NewERaofDesign) Saint Petersburg, Russia

2021
Type@Cooper New York, USA
Typographics, Typo Lab New York, USA
Cyrillic Moscow, Russia
Plenum Moscow, Russia
California College of Arts San Francisco, USA
Sulliwan Studio Moscow, Russia

2020
Fontstand Dublin, Ireland
Portland State University Portland, USA

2019
Avito Tech Moscow, Russia
KABK. Graphic Design Department The Hague, NL
Typomania School Moscow, Russia
Type Design Workshop Moscow, Russia
Fontstand Porto, Portugal
EDU Berkley San Francisco, USA
Letterform Archive San Francisco, USA
Placeholder Library Moscow, Russia

2018
Sreda Festival Moscow, Russia
Typomania School Moscow, Russia
Zoloto Group Moscow, Russia
Type Design Workshop Moscow, Russia
Bang Bang Education Moscow, Russia
Shkola Saint-Petersburg, Russia
ONY Moscow, Russia
Projector Kiev, Ukraine
All Eyes on Type Festival Rotterdam, NL

2017
Ermolaev Bureau Moscow, Russia
Typomania School Moscow, Russia
Typeworks Bern, Switzerland
Typostammtisch Zürich, Switzerland
Type Design Workshop Moscow, Russia
ECAL Lausanne, Switzerland
Shkola Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2016
Type Design Workshop Moscow, Russia
Typofest Sofia, Bulgaria
Shkola Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Loft Project Etagi Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Lettering workshop Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Lettering workshop Moscow, Russia