Web design · Retail & commerce

Web design for font foundries

Type is licensed by use, not by file — and the licence bought at the start is usually the wrong size two years later.

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The customer checks online before setting off: whether you stock what they want, what time you open, and whether they can park. A site that hides those three answers sends them to the next shop on the street.

What beats online retail is not price but everything a warehouse cannot do: take it home today, try it on, get advice, bring it back over the counter. That belongs on the website, not only in the shop.

Nobody expects the whole shop online, but they do expect to know whether a size is in. Letting someone ask about one item, or hold it until six, turns a browse into a visit that ends at the till.

Name the brands you stock. People search by brand long before they search by shop, and a page that lists what you actually carry picks up those searches while a page about your history picks up nothing.

Word of mouth now starts online: your next customer "checks you out" on Google before setting foot in your font foundry. A polished website tips the balance your way. We design it with that single goal: that designers browse typefaces and buy licences online.

We think of your website as another team member: with online shop and instant downloads working 24/7, plus typefaces and specimens and typefaces and specimens. You focus on your font foundry; the website handles capturing and serving.

A website that loads in a blink, looks perfect on mobile and conveys the professionalism of your font foundry at first glance. Custom design, clean code and a simple panel so you stay in control.

Reviews and your Google profile decide many visits to a font foundry. We work your Google Business Profile, reviews and website SEO together, so when people search for you in your city, you appear — first and well rated.

In brief: web design for font foundries

  • Enough contrast, readable sizes and clean structure help older customers as much as they help Google.
  • A privacy policy and a cookie notice that loads only what is needed are part of the job, not of your to-do list.
  • A shop can be added later without rebuilding: plenty of font foundries take that route two years on.
  • Your own photographs beat any stock library; where they are missing we say so rather than paper over it.

⚙️ Not just a website, a tool

A website for a font foundry is not a brochure: it is where somebody decides whether to call you. Everything on it should serve that one decision.

What your website includes

Licence by use

Desktop, web, app, broadcast.

Upgrading as you grow

Users, pageviews, and how to extend.

Agencies and end clients

Who holds the licence.

What is in the download

Formats, weights, language coverage.

How we work with font foundries, step by step

  1. 1

    We look at your business

    We go over how font foundries actually work, what you sell and who you compete with locally.

  2. 2

    Structure and content

    We decide which questions the page answers up front: price range, how it works, hours, parking.

  3. 3

    Design and build

    We build for the phone first, because that is where most of your visitors decide.

  4. 4

    Launch and Google

    We redirect the old addresses properly, so nothing that already ranks is thrown away.

  5. 5

    Handed over working

    We stay reachable by the same channel your customers use, so a fix takes minutes and not a ticket.

Frequently asked questions about web design for font foundries

Which licence is needed? +

Separate terms for design work, embedding on a website, using in an application or in video, each with its own measure. Buying one and using it for another is the standard mistake.

What happens as we grow? +

Upgrading when staff numbers or web traffic exceed the tier bought, with the route to extend. Publishing it turns a compliance threat into a routine purchase.

Can an agency buy for a client? +

Who must hold the licence and how it transfers on handover. This question arrives on every branding project and is rarely answered.

What do I actually receive? +

File formats, weights and language coverage, since projects needing Central European or Greek characters check first. Missing glyphs are discovered at the worst moment.

Do we need to list the whole catalogue? +

Start with what people ask for by name and what you always have in. A catalogue you cannot keep current does more harm than none.

How do we keep opening hours right? +

They live in one place and feed both the site and the Google profile. Bank holidays are the ones that get forgotten, so we set them a year ahead.

How does click and collect work on the site? +

Reserve online, pay in the shop, ready in an hour. It is the cheapest way to compete with next-day delivery.

Does the site have to be accessible? +

Treat it as yes. Contrast, keyboard navigation and alternative text are expected of anyone selling to the public, they cost nothing when built in from the start, and retrofitting them later costs a great deal.

How many revisions are included? +

Two rounds before launch, and the small fixes afterwards without counting. What is not included is redesigning it twice, and we say so before starting.

Can you keep my current domain? +

Yes, and we prefer it. Losing a domain that has been printed on vans and business cards costs more than any redesign gains.

Do you need my logo files? +

If they exist, yes. If they do not, we work with what there is and tell you honestly when the logo is holding the rest back.

Will the site be fast on a bad connection? +

That is a build decision, not an add-on. Compressed images and no unnecessary scripts matter most exactly where coverage is worst.

Much more than a website

Not just your website. Your store and CRM in one panel.

Orders, customers and email campaigns to sell again — no paid external tools.

Customer CRM

Every contact that comes through your website lands in your panel, with follow-up and notes. Nothing gets lost.

Bookings & appointments

Online diary with automatic reminders. Your customers book themselves, you see your calendar fill up.

Email marketing

Your own campaigns and lists to build loyalty and sell again, with no paid external tools.

AI assistant

A smart chat serves and captures customers on your website 24/7, and passes the interested ones to your CRM.

Clear analytics

How many visit you and where they come from, with no jargon or annoying cookies. Decisions backed by data.

All under your brand, in one place.

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Real projects

Sites of ours that are already up and running

Out of respect for our clients we show each project by its sector and city, with no names.

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