SelfBuild Type Foundry | Typefaces and Pixel Fonts

SB Superbloc

Superbloc Regular | Superbloc Italic

SB Superbloc is a modern blockbuster style typeface with a digital feel. It works best set in bright, strong colours at contrasting sizes.

SB Message

Message Solid | Message Open | Message Line | Message Rounded | Message Dot

SB Message is for use when dealing with SMS messaging and mobile communication. This typeface is optimised for use at 10px and 70px.

SB Liquid

Liquid Solid | Liquid Open | Liquid Rounded | Liquid Dot

SB Liquid is a rendition of a typeface used on Liquid Crystal Display panels. SB Liquid consists of four fonts giving the designer more flexibility when using this typeface. This typeface is optimised for use at 10px and 70px.

SB Vibe

Vibe Regular | Vibe Italic | Vibe Bold | Vibe Bold Italic

SB Vibe started life as a piece of custom lettering for a techno label before being developed into a full typeface. Vibe was designed primarily as a typeface for the music industry and has an automotive feel..

SB Navigator

Navigator Regular

SB Navigator is designed as a typeface for low resolution screens and maintains high legibility at extremely small sizes. This typeface is optimised for use at 10px.

SB Websnap

Websnap Regular

SB Websnap is a pixel font designed to be legible on screen at small sizes. It is suitable for use where space is at a premium, such as on banner ads or copyright notices. This typeface is optimised for use at 10px.

SB Expo

Expo Regular

SB Expo is a condensed pixel font designed for use in web and screen based projects where space is limited. This typeface is optimised for use at 10px.

SB Modem

Modem Regular

SB Modem is a retro-future font. It is suitable for projects that require a technological feel and is ideal for projects low-tech communications.

SB Degenerate

Degenerate Regular

SB Degenerate is a dirty, low-down grunge font. Suitable for those gritty, lo-fi projects, SB Degenerate is inky, angry, sticky, smelly and stupid.

SB Grip

Grip Regular

SB Grip is designed primarily as a screen typeface but is equally suitable for print jobs. It works well layered over photography as a texture. This typeface is optimised for use at 40px and 80px.

SB Tokyo

Tokyo Regular | Tokyo Italic

SB Tokyo was designed for an exhibition of Japanese photography in London. The project required a high tech typeface with a blurry, photographic optical appearance, and Tokyo is just that.

SB Byte

Byte Regular | Byte Italic

SB Byte is a classic bitmap typeface and, like many bitmap typefaces, it started life as an experiment in Photoshop. Byte was designed as a typeface for projects that require a technological feel.

SB Censor

Censor | Censor Cameo

SB Censor was created for a film festival around the theme of censorship. It works well in muted colours, laid over photography.

SB Basement

Basement

SB Basement was designed for a leaflet on traffic pollution and the letterforms are based on labels found on carboard boxes from a warehouse. This one is a free download in cross-platform OpenType format for Mac OS X and Windows.

SelfBuild Type Foundry is a small independent type foundry based in York, England. We specialise in contemporary display typefaces and pixel typefaces that aim to find a better balance between function and style.

We released our first typefaces back in 1998 and since then our collection has steadily been growing with the addition of a range of pixel fonts designed for usage on websites and other screen applications. Our typefaces contain fully featured character sets and are available from MyFonts, FontHaus, FontSpring, Fonts.com and direct from our website.

All of our pixel fonts contain high quality vector outlines and are suitable for high-resolution print. They are also optimised for use in Flash. We also offer Webfont versions of our typefaces via Fontdeck and MyFonts, FontHaus, FontSpring and Fonts.com.

Our standard licence covers use on up to five devices. All of our typefaces are available as cross-platform OpenType fonts and have been tested for both OS X and Windows, so there’s no need to buy a second licence if you work on both platforms. We also offer other licence options should you need to install them on more than five devices.

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