Ligature Type is a collaborative type & typography studio based in Berlin. We produce high quality retail and custom typefaces that go beyond style. What we really want to do is to convey a story or an atmosphere, to amplify ideas and make them visual. At the same time, our fonts live up to all you expect from a modern font, in technical and other regards. Our curiosity pushes us to ask extra questions, leading to specific solutions.

We are

Alexander Rütten is typeface- and graphic designer. He studied communication design at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier. After graduation he worked as a freelance graphic designer and later as an art director for several design agencies. In 2002 he moved to Berlin, where he mainly worked as a developer for interactive applications and as editor-designer. His typefaces are available through Linotype and FontShop International. He won the TDC Award two times and was also nominated for the German Design Award.

Olivia Wood is a Canadian graphic designer and entrepreneur. After studying typography with Professor Andreas Hogan in Trier she moved to Berlin. In 2002 she co-founded Formsport Design Studio with Alexander Rütten, concentrating on web and corporate design. 

Awards

Type Directors Club 2011
Type Directors Club 2011
Deutscher Designpreis Nomination, 2010
Deutscher Designpreis Nomination, 2010
Type Directors Club, 2009
Type Directors Club, 2009

Services

  • Bespoke typeface design
  • Custom logotype development
  • Design of Icon & Wayfinding Systems
  • Customization of existing Ligatures retail typeface
  • Expansion of Character set and language support