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Tim
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Munich
Just Another Foundry
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Dynamic Font Day 2023
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Dynamic Font Day 2018
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Dynamic Font Day 2016
Talk | Webfontday 2014
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Tim Ahrens has a degree in architecture from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany), and holds an MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading (UK). After his first font family, Aroma, was published by Linotype in 2000, he set up his own type label, Just Another Foundry, which he runs together with Shoko Mugikura. He is also known for his programming projects such as the Font Remix Tools, and research and writing about font related matters. He lectures regularly at various typography and web design conferences. Tim is also a specialist in web font technology and was working as a consultant for Typekit from 2010–2015. He helps a number of companies including Süddeutsche Zeitung, FontFont, Type Together and Gerard Unger with font optimisation and production.