Welcome to Leinster Type, the type foundry of Australian Typeface Designer—Troy Leinster.
At Leinster Type, every typeface is meticulously developed through a process of sketching, prototyping, and refining until all elements work together seamlessly. With over a decade of dedication to the craft, our typefaces are rigorously tested to meet the highest production standards, offering graphic designers, typographers, and branding specialists the perfect hidden gem to elevate their work.
Troy Leinster is an Australian typeface designer and founder of Leinster Type. He holds a Master’s Degree in Typeface Design from the Type & Media program at KABK in The Hague and a Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design from Cooper Union in New York.
Troy was a full-time typeface designer at the Hoefler&Co Type Foundry for seven years before the launch of Leinster Type, with retail typefaces including Brisbane, Sedgwick, and Aligne.
Troy has been teaching typeface design for over a decade, and provides type design coaching at Typemasters.xyz, supporting designers through the process of developing a typeface from concept to release.
2021 Typeface Design Coach at Typemasters.xyz
2021 Typeface Design at Leinster Type Foundry, New Jersey
2014-24 Typeface Design Instructor at Cooper Union, New York
2014-21 Typeface Designer at Hoefler & Co Type Foundry, New York
2012-13 MA Typeface Design, Type and Media, The Royal Academy of Art, Netherlands
2011 Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design, Cooper Union, New York
2009 Certificate in Typeface Design, Monash University, Australia
2008 AdSchool Certificate in Brand Strategy & Development, Australia
2007 AdSchool Certificate in Copywriting, Australia
2007 AdSchool Certificate in Integrated Brand Management, Australia
1998-09 Director of Artspoken Graphic Design, Australia
1996 Associate Degree in Graphic Design & Advertising, Australia
Chris Caldwell is a designer and lettering artist based in New York City. A passion for letters developed from his experience as a brand designer at Mucca Design, where he was exposed to the vast potential and value custom typography can bring to design.
After studying typeface design in the Type@Cooper Extended program in 2021, Chris started a personal project culminating in a three-year collaboration with Troy Leinster and the launch of the typeface family Gardein.
In 2023, he launched an art and design studio from a shared daydream with his friend Chris Skinner called The Power of Friendship. The studio creates brand experiences and lasting memories and exists to push things in an optimistic direction—as do their collaborators.
Ramakrishna Manda (They/them) is a graphic and font designer based in Prague, Czech Republic. Their interests revolve around graphic design and multi-script font design. They pursued their passion for design by completing a Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (UMPRUM). They can uniquely bridge different linguistic and cultural elements into their work, creating visually appealing and culturally relevant designs that cater to diverse audiences. Furthermore, they were awarded the SOTA Catalyst award in the year 2017.
Throughout their career, Krishna has collaborated with foundries such as Universal Thirst, Typotheque, AllCaps, and more, contributing to various projects and custom type families. Their notable creations include fonts such as November and October Kannada and Telugu, as well as Lava, demonstrating their versatility and expertise in handling complex typographic challenges.
If the perfect font for your project is proving hard to find, I will happily make it for you. From a logotype or wordmark, to a small characterset or a fully developed family of fonts, I will work with you to establish the right fit and timeline for your budget. Please email me if this is something you’d like to learn more about.
If you don’t want to go to the effort and expense of developing a new font from scratch, I can create a customized set of alternate characters for one of the fonts in my library, or an unreleased type seed. All tailored to your brand and available to license exclusively for one, three, or five years. Please email me for a free quote.
If you’re a creative agency or independent designer and would prefer to develop your own custom type or wordmark, we can help you through the process.
