Alphabets Patrick Nell is a Viennese type foundry offering bespoke typefaces and typographic consultancy, alongside a select range of retail releases.
Our designs are informed by in-depth creative and theoretical research, drawing on historical and contemporary influences from within and beyond the field of typography, remaining attentive to the visual tropes that shape how text is seen. Each typeface undergoes thorough testing against technical and aesthetic criteria, prioritizing refinement and enduring quality over rapid releases. Our typefaces offer extensive character sets, advanced OpenType features, and broad language support. Through this work, we strive to contribute something novel to the typographic landscape while developing striking and reliable typefaces suitable for both print and digital media—typefaces we love to use ourselves!
Member of ATypI—Association Typographique Internationale.
Patrick Nell
Drawing on over twenty years of experience in digital and analogue media, Patrick is an award-winning designer and creative director with an enduring dedication to typography. He also holds a master’s degree in political science and maintains a particular interest in social movements and their relationship to art—a perspective that complements his expertise in the history, craft, and role of typography.
Patrick believes in a triad of design and is convinced that its functions—technical-practical, formal-aesthetic, and social-symbolic—are not mutually exclusive, but that the most compelling designs address all three dimensions.
In 2023, he established Alphabets Patrick Nell to publish his retail typefaces.
For general inquiries, font support, more typefaces, or new commissions, please write to alphabets@alphabetspatricknell.com.
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