Designer
Educator
Ben Kiel is a typeface designer, graphic designer, and educator. He runs Typefounding, a typeface design and production studio in Saint Louis, Missouri. Before starting Typefounding, he worked at House Industries where he worked as a typeface designer, director, and developer. At House, he worked as part of the team that developed the online Photo-Lettering service, shortlisted as a Design of the Year by the London Design Museum in 2012.
Cortado Script Custom Ink Dala Prisma Girard Slab Girard Sky Goliath Lucky Times Neutraface Display Cyrillic New Yorker Irvin New Yorker Neutraface West Barnum Worthe Numerals

Girard Sky is based on Alexander Girard’s original typeface for his redesign of Braniff Airways. Working with the original drawings for the photoset typeface found in the Girard archive, the design was revived as part of the Alexander Girard collection.
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Contact
ben@benkiel.com @benkiel (314) 833-7646
Typeface Design
Cortado Script Custom Ink Dala Prisma Girard Slab Girard Sky Goliath Lucky Times Neutraface Display Cyrillic New Yorker Irvin New Yorker Neutraface West Barnum Worthe Numerals
Elsewhere
Typefounding