Typemasters | Professional Coaching

Private 1-on-1 Coaching

30 min session

Fee

Single session: $115 ea
Eight sessions: $95 ea ($760)

Booking

Book one or eight sessions and we’ll send a link to choose your session time.
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Overview

Develop a process, be accountable, and meet your deadline.

Are you a professional type designer working on a personal retail release? Typemasters Professional type design coaching is here to support you and keep you accountable to meet your release date.

Confidential one-on-one sessions are tailored for experienced type designers who want to refine their process and ensure their projects stays on track.

Establish a deadline for your project
Ask a question or get feedback on a single or multi-style typeface
Access advanced multi-style proofing templates
Single or multi-session coaching available

Work through your project in stages enabling you to stay in control. Enter and exit any stage of the process with advanced multi-style proofing templates for the sections we cover together.

Best suited for professional type designers working on retail releases or high-level type design projects.

As a coach, I treat projects confidentially. I do not ask for part ownership of the project or for a mention, although mentions are lovely when they happen.

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Meet Your Coach

Hi there, my name is Troy Leinster, and I’ll be your coach for the Typemasters Type Design 101 program. I’m an Australian typeface designer and founder of Leinster Type, and I currently live in Jersey City, just across the river from New York City.

Over the last ten years, I’ve studied under many typeface designers around the world, collecting and refining my type design process, which I now share with others like yourself. In 2021, I founded Typemasters.xyz, and have now coached over 500 designers through the process of developing a typeface from concept to release.

From 2014-2021 I worked at the Hoefler&Co Type Foundry and taught typeface design at Cooper Union in New York. I’m a graduate of Type & Media program at KABK in The Hague and the Type@Cooper program at Cooper Union in New York.

I look forward to working with you to develop your very first typeface.

Troy.

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Feedback & Reviews

Troy’s coaching feels like an extension of Type Media for me. Since my native script is not Latin, I want to keep training my eyes. It’s exactly what I need—we had multiple sessions focused on reviewing and correcting my italics, and Troy patiently taught me how to see, sharing tips and tricks along the way. He also showed me his workflow and how to approach the design process. Boom Promphan - Type Designer @Boomtype, The Hague, the Netherlands

It’s rare to find someone who is an accomplished typeface designer and an exceptional teacher at the same time. Simply because someone is knowledgeable about a subject doesn't mean they will be successful in a classroom. Craft and instruction are two different skills. Troy is one of those truly unique people who have both. Kevin Smith - Product Design at Facebook, New York, NY

I always highly recommend Troy’s class to anyone who’s just curious about type design or even to someone who has already had some experience with designing type. For beginners, he makes type design understandable and accessible. For more advanced students, he sharpens your skills by offering the experience and perspective of a professional working type designer. Elyanna Blaser-Gould - Senior Designer at Pentagram, Brooklyn, NY

Troy’s class is a great intro for those who are interested in learning more about the world of type design. Jake Giltsoff - UX Design Manager at Adobe, New York, NY

Troy’s class was compelling in its uncovering of the methods involved in creating a typeface. What I was able to create during Troy’s course also contributed to my desire to continue learning about type design, and populated my application for Type@Cooper with work I could be proud of, ultimately resulting in a certificate in type design from the Cooper Union, and typefaces on Google Fonts and in the Updike Collection in Rhode Island. Liam Spradlin - Interaction Designer at Google, New York, NY