Marseille Regular

Tipofili

Marseille

Montecatini Pro Normale

Montecatini Pro

Portofino Regular

Portofino

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Tipofili’s Italian influences

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Tipofili joins Type Network

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Tipofili is an independent type foundry specializing in elegant letterforms.

<div class="deck">Building on over thirty years of custom lettering, typography, and brand experience, Tipofili is the complementary foundry to Louise Fili Ltd, providing retail fonts and bespoke typography.</div>Inspired by Italian visual culture and the vernacular of European lettering, our typefaces strike a balance between the ornate nature of our historical references and the demands of contemporary graphic design. After decades of creating original type for restaurants, packaging, books, and brands, we strive to make the ornate practical and the utilitarian elegant.

Stories

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Andy Anzollitto

Louise Fili is a lettering artist, graphic designer, and author. She is famous for her elegant type branding for restaurants. For eleven years, she was at Pantheon Books, where she designed close to 2,000 book jackets. In 1989 she founded Louise Fili Ltd, to focus on her three interests: food, type, and all things Italian.She has written, co-written and designed over twenty-five books on graphic design and Italian culture. A member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame, she has also received medals for lifetime achievement from the AIGA and the Type Directors Club, as well as the Frederic W. Goudy Award for Excellence in Typography.

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HWT Mardell

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Louise Fili

Matthew graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2016 where he received a BFA in Graphic Design. Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York to work with Louise Fili where they have drawn logotypes for iconic bars, designed specialty food packaging, and branded award-winning restaurants.With a background in lettering and code, Matthew takes a particular interest in the relationship between the idiosyncrasies of vernacular typography and the nature of screens. His typeface Portofino was published with the launch of Tipofili in 2022.

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Matthew Smith

An Art Deco-inspired typeface based on Louise Fili’s iconic cover design for The Lover, Marseille is available in six irresistible weights. The adjustable crossbar heights and overshoots, along with a combination of OpenType features, allow Marseille to take on a variety of expressions while remaining timelessly elegant.

Tipofili

Tipofili is an independent type foundry specializing in elegant letterforms.

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