Sharp Type

Sharp Type started as a tight studio and quickly became one of the go-to spots for designers who want type with personality and real production chops. Founded by Lucas Sharp and Chantra Malee, the foundry runs a well curated retail font library alongside bespoke type commissions for brands and publications. That mix of retail and custom work shows in families like Sharp Grotesk, Sharp Serif, Centra and Beatrice, which read as editorial, brand and UI work all at once.

Where Sharp Type stands out is in the engineering and multi script work. The foundry publishes variable and multiweight families, pan script extensions, and production notes that make integration into real systems straightforward. Sharp Grotesk Global spans multiple scripts and weights, which speaks to the studio’s focus on multilingual support and production readiness rather than one-off display faces. The site also shares case studies and specimen material that help you vet a face before purchase.

Licensing and usability are practical too. Sharp Type sells standard desktop, web and app licenses through its shop and provides clear specimen pages so you can test spacing, pairing and weight. The foundry’s Volume One specimen and press presence make it easy to see how families behave in real projects.