Foster Type is the typographic work of Dave Foster, an independent designer based in Sydney, Australia. He draws typefaces and lettering for design studios, type foundries, brands and individuals around the world.
A powerful visual presence is necessary for any message to survive among the noise of today. Dave specialises in giving the durability of form required for words to achieve that presence. From single letters to entire typefaces, he tailors letterforms to specific purposes.
Contact
Education
2012
- Master of Design in Typeface Design
- Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag
2005
- Bachelor of Design in Communication Design
- Swinburne University, Melbourne
Accolades
- AGDA Awards
- Distinction, Design Crafts
- The Type Directors Club
- Certificate of Excellence in Type Design
- Create Design Awards
- Typography Category
- Communication Arts Typography Annual
- Award of Excellence
- Fine Press Book Association
- Runner-up, Text Typeface Category
- Morisawa Type Design Competition
- Gold Prize, Morisawa Award
- 2nd Prize, People’s Choice Award
- Australian Government
- Arts NSW Travelling Scholarship
Select Clients
- Type Foundries
- Commercial Type
- Frere-Jones Type
- House Industries
- Klim Type Foundry
- Letterror
- Commercial
- Apple
- Commonwealth Games Australia
- Coopers Brewery
- Invesco
- Lanolips
- National Australia Bank
- Optus
- Pure Pops
- Simon & Schuster
- Strava
- Toyota
- Tooheys
- Thames & Hudson
- Wired Magazine
- Wolf Blass Wines
- Studios
- Alt Group
- Christopher Doyle
- Formist
- For The People
- Frost Collective
- Gretel NY
- Interweave
- Jacky Winter
- Leo Burnett
- Maud
- Mucho
- Principals
- Re:
- Saatchi & Saatchi
- Studio Band
- The Creative Method
- Thinktiv
- Witekite
Talks
- Creative Mornings
- Talk, July 2016
- Australian Design Radio
- Interview recording, 21 July 2016
- AGDA Shot Down
- Talk, March 2016
- Live at The Distillery
- Talk, 14 March 2014
Select Press
- MITT
- Interview, Issue No.6, March 2017
- The Design Kids
- Interview, November 2017
- 8 Faces / Type Worship
- Feature, 23 July 2016
- Brand New / Under Consideration
- Review, 13 July 2016
- Typograph.her Journal
- Interview, Vol.4, March 2016
- AIGA Eye on Design
- Feature, May 2015
- Dribbble Timeout
- Interview, February 2015
- Typographica
- Best Typefaces of 2015
- Print Magazine
- 9 Type Designers to Watch, February 2015
- Creative Review
- Feature, 23 May 2014
- Grain Edit
- Feature, 29 July 2013
- The Fox is Black
- Feature, January 30 2013
- Page Magazine, Germany
- Feature, No.6, 2013
- Hand to Type by Jan Middendorp
- Die Gestalten, 2013
- Desktop Magazine, Australia
- Interview, No.287, October 2012