About TypeTofu

TypeTofu started as a passion project—to help us solve our own problem of finding the right foundries and their fonts with ease and speed—and we’re excited that there are more type enthusiasts and nerds like you, who are using this platform with us. It is built as a digital-first platform that is run as a commercially-viable yet ethically sound way. Every detail of how we run this platform is listed for you below if you’re interested to dive deeper.

The name TypeTofu is inspired by what was once a font’s most persistent visual placeholder on the web: the tofu box. With the advancement in technology and further discovery of global scripts it is rare that you now see the Tofu glyph on the web anymore. Hilariously, the Tofu glyph is what a UX designer understands as a 404 error on the web. That 404 is something we actively try to avoid when you’re on our platform. The name TypeTofu reclaims that typographic tofu box as a symbol—not of absence, but of discovery.