P22 Type Foundry

Announcing P22 Stickley 2. Designed by Michael Stickley and developed with The Type Founders. This Old Style humanist design has received a complete expansion with five optical sizes, each with subtle variations in proportion, detail, and contrast. All sizes are available in three weights with italics, and multiscript support for Cherokee, Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin.

Sturdy, refined, and built for typography at every scale. Find it on p22.com today.

Before sketchbooks became archives, handwriting quietly documented a life’s work. P22 Hopper draws from the private journals of Edward and Josephine Hopper—two distinct hands, two sensibilities—translating intimate notes and sketches into type that reflects observation, isolation, and partnership.

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Before streaming playlists and digital downloads, fonts shipped on floppy disks—and sometimes sounded like jazz. P22 Daddy-O began as a Beat-era experiment and sparked an unlikely collaboration with musician Rod McKuen, leading to new typefaces, new recordings, and a typographic friendship that came full circle.

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The Story of P22 Daddy-O & Stanyan - P22 Type Foundry P22 Daddy-O began as a Beat-inspired typeface created for museum merchandise, but its record-sleeve packaging and cultural roots led to an unexpected connection with musician and producer Rod McKuen. After discovering McKuen was using Daddy-O on his loung...

Before computers, alphabets were stitched by hand. P22 Folk Art, inspired by 18th- and 19th-century samplers, began as a collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art—translating cross-stitch into pixels.

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All of our fonts—including Hamilton Wood Type Foundry, and so many other great foundries—are available!

Great news for designers! All of our fonts—P22, Lanston Type Company, and Hamilton Wood Type Collection—are now available on Typographer!

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Typefaces can emerge from the most unexpected places. P22 Dyrynk began as a quirky design for a Czech state printing house, crafted by Karel Dyrynk in 1929. With its irregular serifs and warm, hand-lettered feel, this hidden gem was revived for the digital age—retaining all the charm that made it stand out almost a century ago. Discover how this little-known face became part of P22’s catalog, keeping Dyrynk’s legacy alive.

Read the full story on Behance. https://www.behance.net/gallery/205364527/The-Story-of-P22-Dyrynk

While Frank Lloyd Wright is celebrated for his architecture, his lettering skills are a lesser-known part of his legacy. Throughout his career, he developed several distinct styles. Decades later, P22 partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to transform these designs into fonts. The result? Eaglefeather, Exhibition, Midway, and Terracotta—fully realized typefaces that honor Wright’s vision.

Find the full story on Behance. https://www.behance.net/gallery/213153827/The-Story-of-The-Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Collection-of-Fonts?

Hidden within all of P22’s outstanding display typefaces is one particular gem waiting to be rediscovered. This is the story of P22 Preissig Calligraphic, and how an unpublished typeface found in a remarkable book of linocuts, inspired a faithful revival for the modern typographer. Find the story on Behance. https://www.behance.net/gallery/205361145/The-Story-of-P22-Preissig-Calligraphic

Book collecting or book hoarding? tə-MAY-toh, tə-MAH-toh. Either way, books are a great place for a type designer to find inspiration in forgotten letterforms! This is the story of how an early love for the Roycrofters and a collection of books led to the creation of the P22 Arts and Crafts family of typefaces. Find the story on Behance. https://bit.ly/3Z073NZ