Live specimen · type it yourself
Six styles from the Ligature catalogue, each drawn in house. Whatever you typed above is rendering in all of them at once. Every release ships with a full character set, real italics and web fonts
One of a kind letterforms drawn for a single use. Tattoos of the alphabet: a headline, a book cover, a mural, a chorus. Delivered as clean vector, ready to scale
Your name is the most important word you own. We shape it into a mark with the tension, weight and quirks that no off the shelf font can carry
A full family, drawn glyph by glyph, kerned and hinted. License a Ligature release or commission a private typeface only your brand can use
Type first identity systems: the voice on the packaging, the sign over the door, the app and the invoice, all speaking in one considered hand
The studio
A word is a picture before it is a sound. We draw the picture so yours reads exactly the way it should
Ligature is a small type foundry and lettering studio in Phoenix, Arizona. We release original typefaces and take on a handful of custom logotype and identity commissions each year. No stock fonts, no auto tracing. Every curve is a decision.
We reply to every commission enquiry within two business days