LiebeFonts at work Our Book: Making Fonts and Designing Fonts Ulrike talking about color fonts at Tÿpo St. Gallen conference The making of LiebeDoris brush font Tech talk at TYPO Labs conference See below for upcoming type design workshops Ulrike giving a talk about her favourite topic: OpenType features

About

LiebeFonts creates hand-crafted typefaces with a charming personality and obsessive attention to detail.

Hey there, fellow type lover! I’m glad you’ve found my website! My name is Ulrike Rausch and I specialize in handwriting fonts that actually look like the real thing. I live and work in Berlin, Germany.

My passion for hand-made designs was sparked by a semester of studying painting abroad in Florence, Italy. My OpenType feature nerdiness and my obsession with perfectly engineered fonts are the result of few semesters in Luc(as) de Groot’s type design class at the Potsdam University of Applied Science.

I started LiebeFonts in 2009 with a handful of fun pictogram fonts. My first proper typeface, LiebeErika, was well-received by the audience and enabled me to become a full-time type designer in 2011. The highlight of my carrier so far, was to be recognized with six major design awards for my most recent type release LiebeHeide, which makes use of cutting-edge color font technology. 🤓

When I am not busy with the next font release, I enjoy working on custom typefaces for clients such as Monotype, Jung von Matt, Adobe, and Erik Spiekermann.
Companies like Apple and Google consult me regarding the technical aspects of OpenType features and the support of OpenType features in their software.


Publications
• Designing Fonts
  An Introduction to Professional Type Design
• Making Fonts!
  A comprehensive guide to type design & font production
• Unlock more from your fonts
  An article I wrote for Adobe
• You say cute, I say code
  The making of LiebeLotte, a connected script font
• Also, check out my YouTube channel


Talks & Workshops
• next online course: Introduction to Script Fonts
  Starts September, 2024

Want to learn more about type design, OpenType features, variable fonts, or color font technology?
I regularly give online and in-house workshops. Get in touch for more information.

Selection of recorded talks:
• Adobe MAX Having Fun with Color Fonts
• Beyond Tellerrand Unlock the Fun of Font Technology
• ATypI Taking Handwriting Fonts to the Next Level
• Creative Mornings Lettering or Font?
• TYPO Berlin Pinsel, Tinte, Code – Vom Lettering zum Font
• TYPO Labs Boon and Bane of OpenType Features

See previous talks