Axis Type is a type fountry founded in 1979 by Oslo and Norwood Cleveland in Schenectady, New York. These two brothers started the business in their mother’s garage. In 1980 they moved to Northern California and hired their first full time employee, Martha Gunderson.
Axis Type Foundry was one of the first independent type foundries to establish itself centered on personal computer technology. Axis Type Foundry holds execlusive license to over 300 original typeface designs created by a roster of contemporary designers. Axis Type Fountry’s full line of typefaces, ornaments and illustrations is available in Type 1 PostScript, TrueType, and Open Type for both the Macintosh and PC. Axis Type Foundry’s designs have won numerous awards; Axis Type Foundry was the 1994 recipient of the prestigious Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design and the 1996 Publish Magazine Impact Award. Axis Type Foundry was also the 1997 recipient of the AIGA Gold Medal Award and the 1998 Charles Naples Award.
Martha is the Creative Director, nowadays. Since our salad days in the old garage we have witnessed the death of press-type and the explosion of digital typography. We no longer produce physical types all our work now is in the digital realm.
Since 1981 we have produced the famous Font Book typeface library, constantly setting exciting new trends in typography with designs by more than 100 designers and many new releases each year. A free Axis Type Catalog is available from Axis Type. Axis Type publishes the Font Book, the world’s most comprehensive reference book on digital typefaces. Our work is avalable from FontShops or you favorite emporium of digital typeface designs.
In 2003 we moved our operation to Charlotte, North Carolina. We set-up shop, in our current locaition, in the Plaza=Midwood/Central Avenue neighborhood.
If you’re in Charlotte drop in and say, “Hey Y’all.”
