Designer
People from different cultures have come together on our Next projects to attune sensibilities, culture, knowledge and background, resulting in authentic translation.
People from different cultures have come together on our Next projects to attune sensibilities, culture, knowledge and background, resulting in authentic translation.
As people, cultures and societies, we don’t stop evolving. Our typefaces have to be able to do the same.
The Northern Block is rebuilding its typeface library through the Next Series, reengineering its core families like Loew, Lintel, and Nurom for global, multiscript use. The project involves international collaborators and advanced interpolation systems to improve readability and consistency across scripts and sizes. The initiative reflects the foundry’s commitment to cultural authenticity and technical precision in contemporary type design.
Creative Boom’s January 2026 roundup by Tom May highlights standout new type releases from Grilli Type, W Type Foundry, Frere-Jones Type, and The Northern Block. The featured fonts balance functionality with personality, ranging from pragmatic corporate sans serifs to revived historical scripts. The article celebrates how modern type design merges utility, warmth, and historical awareness.
PRINT Magazine’s Type Tuesday feature spotlights The Northern Block’s Next Series, a new collection of multilingual, flexible typefaces designed to perform across languages and platforms. The article highlights the foundry’s focus on evolution, collaboration, and technical refinement in type design. Quotes from the team emphasize the global, adaptive nature of the project and the hard work behind its development.