Vojtěch Říha
Founder
In their own words
If any studios or designers are interested in testing them on upcoming projects, we’d love to hear from you. We’re happy to share preview versions ahead of release and see how they work in real-world use.
The term foundry can be quite limiting.
We don’t want to be a supermarket.
Always respond to new stimuli with your own approach.
If you design a new grotesk, then it is almost a rule that it will sell great.
But it’s different with custom fonts.
Articles & interviews3
- Superior Type unveils Heaven sans serif family
Superior Type has released Heaven, a brutalist sans serif designed by Petr Kucera around exaggerated round forms constrained by rectangular space. The family comprises Heaven 01, 03, 06 and 09, each available in 18 styles with Latin, Cyrillic and italics, alongside a SuperVariable version that moves from soft, rounded forms to boxier shapes.
- Inside Superior Type’s new website, fonts and artist collaborations
The Brand Identity interviews Superior Type founder Vojtech Riha about the Prague-based studio’s new website, its latest typefaces, and collaborations with artists. The redesign emphasizes continuous evolution, variable font technology, and conceptual pairings between typefaces and artworks. Riha discusses the studio’s philosophy as a 'typographic label' and its ambition to shape future typographic trends.
- Superior Type on the business of type design and how to stand out from the “flood of new fonts”