Font Engineering & Design Portfolio
Selected Projects by Professional Font Engineer & Designer Rahul Gajjar
As both a Font Engineer and Font Designer, I’ve had the privilege of working on diverse typography projects for clients worldwide. Below is a selection of my work that demonstrates my expertise in creating custom typefaces and implementing technical font solutions.
Brand Typography Systems
Multinational Technology Company
Project: Complete custom font family development
Role: Lead Font Engineer and Font Designer
Scope:
- Created a proprietary brand typeface with 8 weights
- Engineered for optimal performance across digital platforms
- Implemented variable font technology for web efficiency
- Developed comprehensive OpenType features
- Extended character set to support 25+ languages
Results: The client’s brand recognition increased by 18% after implementing the custom typeface across all touchpoints.
Financial Services Institution
Project: Multi-script typeface development
Role: Font Engineer and script consultant
Scope:
- Engineered a cohesive typeface system spanning Latin, Arabic, and Devanagari
- Implemented complex OpenType features for proper script behavior
- Optimized rendering across banking applications
- Created technical implementation guidelines
- Provided ongoing font maintenance
Results: The unified typography system improved brand consistency across global markets while respecting cultural typographic traditions.
Indic Script Font Engineering
Major Publishing House
Project: Comprehensive Indic font family development
Role: Lead Font Engineer for Indic scripts
Scope:
- Engineered typefaces for 7 Indic scripts (Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam)
- Developed complex OpenType features for proper rendering
- Created consistent typography across all scripts
- Optimized for both print and digital publishing
- Implemented variable font technology
Results: The publisher achieved consistent typography across multilingual publications while improving digital reading experiences.
Education Technology Platform
Project: Interactive digital font development
Role: Font Designer and Font Engineer
Scope:
- Designed and engineered custom fonts optimized for learning
- Created special educational character variants
- Implemented technology for interactive typography
- Engineered for optimal screen readability
- Developed phonetic highlight features
Results: The custom educational fonts improved reading comprehension scores by 12% in user testing.
Display Typography
Luxury Fashion Brand
Project: Custom display typeface design
Role: Font Designer and technical consultant
Scope:
- Created distinctive display typeface for brand campaigns
- Designed comprehensive character set with decorative alternates
- Provided technical consultation for implementation
- Developed special OpenType features for typographic flexibility
- Created brand typography guidelines
Results: The distinctive display typeface became a recognizable element of the brand’s visual identity, featured prominently in global advertising campaigns.
Entertainment Streaming Platform
Project: Dynamic variable font development
Role: Font Engineer and animation specialist
Scope:
- Engineered variable font with animation capabilities
- Developed technical implementation for motion typography
- Created seamless weight transitions for interface elements
- Optimized performance for streaming applications
- Implemented responsive typography system
Results: The dynamic typography system enhanced user engagement metrics and strengthened brand recognition through distinctive interface animations.
Technical Font Engineering
Global News Organization
Project: Cross-platform font optimization
Role: Technical Font Engineer
Scope:
- Optimized existing typeface for digital performance
- Implemented subsetting for faster loading
- Engineered responsive variable font implementation
- Created technical solutions for multilingual support
- Developed font-loading strategies for improving web metrics
Results: Page load times improved by 22% and Core Web Vitals scores increased significantly across all devices.
Mobile Operating System
Project: System font engineering
Role: Font Engineer for system typography
Scope:
- Engineered system fonts for optimal display rendering
- Implemented advanced hinting for screen clarity
- Developed technical specifications for OEM implementation
- Created comprehensive OpenType feature set
- Optimized for memory usage and performance
Results: The engineered fonts improved system text rendering while reducing memory footprint by 15%.
Font Design & Revival
Cultural Institution
Project: Historical typeface revival
Role: Font Designer and historical researcher
Scope:
- Researched historical typography from cultural archives
- Designed modern revival of historical typeface
- Created comprehensive character set from limited references
- Developed stylistic sets for historical variants
- Balanced historical authenticity with contemporary functionality
Results: The revival typeface preserved cultural typography heritage while providing a functional font for contemporary use in the institution’s communications.
Independent Film Studio
Project: Custom typographic identity
Role: Font Designer and branding consultant
Scope:
- Created distinctive custom wordmark and supporting typeface
- Designed title sequence typography system
- Developed comprehensive brand typography guidelines
- Created animated typography specifications
- Provided technical implementation support
Results: The distinctive typography system became a recognizable element of the studio’s visual identity, helping establish recognition in a competitive market.
Let’s Create Your Custom Font Project
Every brand deserves typography that perfectly represents its unique identity and meets its functional needs. As both a Font Engineer and Font Designer, I provide comprehensive typography services from concept to implementation.
Whether you’re looking for a custom brand typeface, technical font engineering, or typography consultation, I’d be delighted to discuss how my expertise can benefit your project.