Custom Fonts - ‘Cutting’ Your Own Font
Atomic Type offers a full range of bespoke font design, custom font development and font production
services at great prices.
We can work from any brief and are used to meeting tight deadlines. Whether you need a single
custom font or a complete font family, our extensive knowledge, design expertise and versatility
ensures that we can get things turned around quickly and deliver great value, high quality products
for any requirement.
You can also have exclusivity and full ownership, giving you the freedom to use your custom font for
any purpose without worrying about licensing issues. A custom font investment is usually far cheaper
than paying for a standard font with expensive licensing and restrictions.
We’re used to working with many top agencies on the most demanding projects and have produced
fonts for a broad range of clients that include: Unilever, Mars, Orange, easyJet, British Telecom, ICL,
Visa, RBS, BP, Reckitt Benckiser, Shell, News Corporation, Scottish Power, Royal Mail and many more.
So why not give us a call to discuss your next custom font?
We can offer you:
- Initial consultation to discuss your requirements – contact sales@atomictype.co.uk
- A guarantee of quality workmanship, excellent service and reliability
- Professional advice on all legal, copyright, IP, trademark and licensing issues
- Highly versatile design expertise: we can handle any project, large or small
Our Custom Font Services include:
- Custom fonts and Bespoke fonts designed from scratch
- Creation of new fonts from supplied artwork
- Modification of existing fonts and logos
- Creation of additional languages such as: Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, Baltic etc.
- Creation of new font weights for existing font families
- Creation of special characters such as: ligatures, small caps, old style figures, alternates
- OpenType coding and programming for alternates and ligatures
- Creation of Web Fonts and fonts for Mobile Devices, Apps, Games and other custom purposes
- Screen optimisation (‘hinting’) to improve legibility of Web Fonts and screen appearance
- Creation of Logo fonts and logos
- Custom spacing and kerning to your specification
- Font conversions from one format to another
For further information, please email sales@atomictype.co.uk or call us on +44 (0)20 7354 1742. Further information can also be found in our Products & Services Guide PDF.
Please find below a selection of work produced for our satisfied clients:
(All copyright of their respective owners).
Small Selection of Text and Display Fonts

BG Group, a leading player in the global energy market, commissioned us to produce updated versions of their corporate typefaces that would include Central European, Cyrillic (including Kazakh) and Arabic character sets.

New font developed for RbK (Reebok) in collaboration with Leagas Delaney. Used extensively to promote the SprintFit boot brand, the OpenType font contains multiple character variations, ligatures plus Central European and Cyrillic layouts. View sample.

Handwritten style for hotels.com which incorporates icons and CE glyphs in the OpenType font. Developed in association with the creative team at Lambie Nairn.

Light weight of the Conference font created for flybe.com via their agency Souk to complement the existing Regular weight. Used extensively in press campaigns and online.

Headline face created for the biggest name in golf clubs and clothing.



Small Selection of Logos & Logo Fonts

New swash logotype for London based creative events company Massive, developed in conjunction with Root. Original sketch below.




See Also:
Corporate Identity
Screen Font Legibility