Kostas Bartsokas

He is an award-winning typeface designer whose work spans multiple scripts and design cultures. His path to type was anything but linear – having gone from juggling and organising concerts to working in visual communication, graphic design, illustration, web design, packaging, and animation. He finally chose to pursue his passion with typography. Kostas graduated the MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading with distinction and held a senior designer role at URW Typefoundry, before becoming one part of Foundry 5 in 2021. He enjoys innovative explorations in Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Arabic type design, and spends his time designing original typefaces, expanding script support of existing ones, and offering consultation for designers and type foundries such as Google Fonts, TypeTogether, and NaN. He has received acclaimed awards and recognitions for his work by the Type Directors Club, Granshan, EdAwards, EVGE, and Communication Arts, and he has served as a juror for both TDC and Granshan competitions. Among his most notable works is Averta, named one of the top 100 most-used web fonts. He co-designed Peridot Latin and Peridot PE, expansive families that support Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts with over 120 styles, as well as other popular fonts such as Commissioner, Oi, Zona Pro, and Evert.