With this being my first official typeface release, I have been looking forward to announce Archer Heavyweights for some time now. I started working on this project on my second day at H&Co., we finished it up earlier this summer, and I have loved every minute of the process. As a designer, you truly learn a lot about type design when drawing an Ultra-weight extension. All the fundamentals of type design become very pronounced due to the increased weight and smaller amount of negative space you can work with. This causes just about everything to hinge on 1-2 unit (1000upm) moves – which ironically sounds backwards since there is so much weight to work with.

In Archer, I worked on many different aspects of type design that I didn't have much experience at or never even attempted before. This included very thorough kerning, comprehensive testing on multiple platforms, subsetting, and many other forms of production and mastering. Some people may say these tasks are a bit dull, but I actually enjoyed them! These necessary tasks taught me so much more about my project and type design in general. They also gave me further insight into what goes into a truly well-designed product. Anyways, I could blab on and on about how much I enjoyed designing thicc Archer, but Jonathan writes much more elegantly about it on our site. Check it out, and I hope you enjoy!