Stuart De Rozario
Designer, Type Designer
In their own words
It is not champagne, it is a pint of bitter in the local pub. It is not the King's horse at Ascot, but the drayman's horse hauling beer barrels through narrow streets. It is not spectacle or ceremony, but industrial labour: the quiet dignity of work.
[It] is not champagne, it is a pint of bitter in the local pub. It is not the King's horse at Ascot, but the drayman's horse hauling beer barrels through narrow streets. It is not spectacle or ceremony, but industrial labour: the quiet dignity of work.
With the persistent reliance on ubiquitous, overused typefaces in visual culture, a deeper issue comes into focus, one of complacency, sameness and creative stagnation.
Foundry Æterna calls designers to go beyond the ordinary, inviting type to become more than a tool, a voice that speaks with soul.
Articles & interviews3
- Best New Fonts to Watch This September 2026
Creative Boom's September 2026 Type Drop surveys newly released typefaces from independent designers and foundries. Highlights include Göran Söderström's long-developed, multilingual Exemplar; a politically conscious Victorian-grotesque-inspired Foundry Kingdom; and display, editorial, branding and packaging-oriented releases including Autêntica Serif, Castillon, Peignot Jumbo, Vieno, Novaform, Raimundo and Arpeggio.
- Best New Fonts for September 2026
Creative Boom's September 2026 type roundup surveys newly released typefaces ranging from Brazilian-Brutalist-inspired serif Autêntica Serif to 1970s-informed Novaform. A key feature is Göran Söderström's Exemplar, completed after 32 years of development and commemorated with marble street signs in Pietrasanta, Italy. The selected releases foreground historical references, flexible families, display impact and multilingual functionality.
- The Foundry Types tackles typographic sameness with Foundry Æterna