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Type designer and letterer / London · Worldwide

Letters should do some of the talking.

Custom type, expressive lettering, and identity systems with enough character to carry the room.

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Type-making workshop with metal blocks, ink rollers, neon paper, and colorful toolsQuiet Swiss index · 2026ICType designer and letterer
  1. 01Common Sans2026
  2. 02Loud Quiet2025
  3. 03Index Mono2024
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Practice

Idris Cole connects custom type with lettering, then uses identity systems to carry the work into the world.

London · Worldwide
  1. 01Custom type
  2. 02Lettering
  3. 03Identity systems
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Selected work

Quiet Swiss index. Three projects ordered around the evidence each audience needs first.

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Common Sans

Retail type family

Warm utility across 38 languages

2026
02

Loud Quiet

Cultural identity

Lettering that changes its volume

2025
03

Index Mono

Publishing typeface

Built for notes, codes, and captions

2024
type families
12
language sets
38
glyphs drawn
1.2k

Quiet Swiss index / introductions

Say it in your own voice.

type@idriscole.example

Licensing and commissions open

Idris Cole — Type designer and letterer