Typeface Design for the Tausend Font Collection

Three years in the making: 58 styles across six subfamilies, including four variable font files

Tausend is a type family designed by Christoph Koeberlin and Gabriel Richter, developed between 2022 and 2025 and released by Fontwerk in June 2025. The collection comprises 58 styles across six subfamilies—Tausend, Tausend Plakat, Tausend Soft, Tausend Soft Plakat, Tausend Stencil, and Tausend Shaded—delivered as both static and variable fonts. Variable fonts span four separate files, each with distinct axis combinations: weight and optical size for Tausend and Tausend Soft, weight and stencil for Tausend Stencil, and weight alone for Tausend Shaded. The collection earned a TDC72 Type High Award Bronze (Judges' Choice) and a Designpreis für Design aus Deutschland 2026 Silver, among other recognitions.

Set in Tausend Collection

Insights

The collection structures its variable fonts into four distinct files—Tausend, Tausend Soft, Tausend Stencil, Tausend Shaded—each with different axis combinations rather than a single unified variable font.
Tausend Stencil carries two axes (weight and stencil), while Tausend Shaded is limited to a single weight axis, reflecting per-subfamily technical decisions.
Andreas Frohloff handled mastering and production, separating the engineering role from the two lead designers.
Gabriel Richter previously supported Koeberlin on the Pangea expansion before the two jointly designed Tausend, both released by Fontwerk.