type design, custom type, font engineering, handlettering font, logo, logotype
Amélie Bonet
designs, assists, produces all things type.
Previously working at Dalton Maag, I have served as a Senior Type Designer and Team Lead, taking on responsibilities similar to those of an art director. Later at Monotype, I have deepened my technical expertise in font engineering and production processes.
Since 2010, I have developed custom Indic fonts for international clients such as Nokia, HP, Intel, Linotype & Google Fonts. I have also collaborated with type foundries, design agencies and designers such as URW Type Foundry, Brody Associates, Raoul Gottschling, Anatole Type, Lineto, Pangram Pangram & The Northern Block from typeface design to font production via mastering.
My practice of type design is rooted in diversity; I embrace the challenge of working with a variety of writing systems. Beyond Latin, I have solid experience developing typefaces for Greek, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Bengali, Oriya and Tamil, ensuring that each project is crafted with precision and cultural respect.
Born and raised in Paris (FR), where I began my type studies, I have spent significant time in Los Angeles (US) and London (UK), before settling in Berlin (DE). I am a member of the Alphabettes and Type Crit Crew networks.
For comissions and work collaborations, please contact me at info@ameliebonet.com
RETAIL & LIBRE TYPEFACES
- — Neue Montreal Monospace, Pangram Pangram Foundry
- — Noto Sans Oriya, Google Fonts
- — Ubuntu Monospace, Canonical
SERVICES
- — Custom Type Design
- — Retail Type Design
- — Wordmark/Logotype Design
- — Typeface Language Extension
- — OpenType Feature programming for complex scripts
- — Consultation (type direction, design review, font development)
- — Lecture and Workshop
LECTURES
- — ATYPI 2021 >>> Creating an Odia Font
- — TypeWknd 2020 [with Sol Matas]
- — Berlin Letters 2019 Berlin
- — ECV 2019, Paris
- — Kerning 2018, Faenza
- — Printemps de la Typograhie 2018, Paris
- — TypoLABS 2016 & 2017, Berlin
- — Typo Renoir 2012, Hong Kong
- — ATypI 2012 [with Bruno Maag], Hong Kong
- — Symbiosis School of Design 2012, Pune
- — Lettres type 2011, Nancy
- — ICTVC 2010 [with Irene Vlachou], Nicosia
EDUCATION
- — Workshop Klasse für Type-Design von Fred Smeijers und Stephan Müller @HGB 2020, Leipzig (cancelled)
- — Jury DSAA Design Typographique @École Estienne 2018 & 2019, Paris
- — Jury EsadType @ESAD 2019, Amiens
- — Jury ANRT [2017 Promotion] @ENSAD 2019, Nancy
- — Workshops @NID 2011 & 2012, Ahmedabad
FEATURES & RECOGNITIONS
- — Pangram Papers interview, 2023
- — Typodarium feature, 2020 (Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz)
- Typeface: Noto Sans Oriya
- — How many female type designers do you know? feature by Yulia Popova, 2020 (Onomatopee Projects)
- — 3rd Prize in Indic Text Typeface, Granshan Type Competition, 2014
- Typeface: Nokia Pure Bengali
- — Lettres type exhibition in Nancy, 2011