Martin Majoor
Martin Majoor began his career as a typeface designer in the mid-1980s. He has designed several award-winning typefaces, most of which he now offers through his own foundry Martin Majoor Type Design.
Around 1990 he designed the Scala family which became a worldwide bestseller. In 1994 he designed Telefont, a custom typeface for the Dutch telephone book. Seria (2000) is a delicately proportioned text typeface with a special upright italic. Nexus (2004) is an extensive type family with four different font styles (serif, sans, slab, and typewriter). In 2016 Majoor worked together with his fellow Dutch designer Jos Buivenga to design the large Questa family. Comma Base (2021) is an interesting mix between a sans and a serif font.
In addition to his work as a type designer, Majoor has designed books, covers, stamps, and posters. He conducts type design workshops and lectures at Schools of Arts and design conferences. He has written articles for magazines such as Eye Magazine, Page, Items, and 2+3D, and has contributed to several books on typography. Majoor works alternately in Arnhem and Berlin.
[Martin Majoor, June 2023]
Fonts designed by Martin Majoor
