Alanna Munro (Arcane Type Foundry)
@arcanetype.com
A huge letter nerd making typefaces, streaming live type design, teaching typography, and enjoying anime & video games.
arcanetype.com
arcanetype.com
New look! This name change is coinciding with the foundry’s 5th birthday and to celebrate, I thought I would confuse everyone about my identity (I joke, I joke). Moving forward, we will be called Arcane Type Foundry and we believe fonts are magic!
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
New look! This name change is coinciding with the foundry’s 5th birthday and to celebrate, I thought I would confuse everyone about my identity (I joke, I joke). Moving forward, we will be called Arcane Type Foundry and we believe fonts are magic!
And for the A type folks, organized beads! 😬
August 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
And for the A type folks, organized beads! 😬
Been making a lot of melty beads (or fuse beads, perler beads, Hama beads). I am getting better at ironing them evenly 😅
August 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Been making a lot of melty beads (or fuse beads, perler beads, Hama beads). I am getting better at ironing them evenly 😅
Sometimes you are just happily working on a typeface and it looks at you funny.
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sometimes you are just happily working on a typeface and it looks at you funny.
Points for creativity!
June 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Points for creativity!
Mother’s Day gift from my boys—time to be the big bad and slay all the adventurers in town!
May 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Mother’s Day gift from my boys—time to be the big bad and slay all the adventurers in town!
People really want to early vote in my neighborhood today 😅 I have waited for nearly 3 hours now 🫠 but now that I’ve invested so much time, I gotta see it through!
April 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
People really want to early vote in my neighborhood today 😅 I have waited for nearly 3 hours now 🫠 but now that I’ve invested so much time, I gotta see it through!
And another visit to my bird friends and tropical flower friends at the Blodel Conservatory
April 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And another visit to my bird friends and tropical flower friends at the Blodel Conservatory
Spring flower explosion 🌸💥
April 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spring flower explosion 🌸💥
Todays stream will be incredibly serious. There will be no fun. Don’t come hang out. 🙃 Twitch.tv/alannamun
March 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Todays stream will be incredibly serious. There will be no fun. Don’t come hang out. 🙃 Twitch.tv/alannamun
✨ Fonts are magic ✨ do you agree? Tell me why or why not.
Printed with 2 colour Riso on white confetti paper.
Printed with 2 colour Riso on white confetti paper.
February 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
✨ Fonts are magic ✨ do you agree? Tell me why or why not.
Printed with 2 colour Riso on white confetti paper.
Printed with 2 colour Riso on white confetti paper.
A very special font release! It's a handwriting font based on my Grandfather's writing from 1955, when he was writing love letters to my Nana. My grandfather recently turned 99, and I wanted to celebrate by making this font for him, but it's so pretty not to share, so it's available on my site now!
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A very special font release! It's a handwriting font based on my Grandfather's writing from 1955, when he was writing love letters to my Nana. My grandfather recently turned 99, and I wanted to celebrate by making this font for him, but it's so pretty not to share, so it's available on my site now!
Recently got a Nikon Z50II after years without a camera (other than the one on my phone). My D80 broke about 5 years ago and I just kinda stopped taking photos, which was weird because I’ve been the one who takes photos since high school. Anyway, now I want to take photos every day, here’re a few.
January 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Recently got a Nikon Z50II after years without a camera (other than the one on my phone). My D80 broke about 5 years ago and I just kinda stopped taking photos, which was weird because I’ve been the one who takes photos since high school. Anyway, now I want to take photos every day, here’re a few.
Tracing some handwriting. Now to add features like swashes and ligatures for slightly more variation.
December 23, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Tracing some handwriting. Now to add features like swashes and ligatures for slightly more variation.
And the sketch for those interested.
December 23, 2024 at 1:07 AM
And the sketch for those interested.
Early Christmas present from my dad, he built a nice big bench for the dining area! I gave him a quick sketch and some dimensions and he made it a real thing. Plus extra storage in tiny apartment, yes please!!!
December 23, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Early Christmas present from my dad, he built a nice big bench for the dining area! I gave him a quick sketch and some dimensions and he made it a real thing. Plus extra storage in tiny apartment, yes please!!!
My kids need some extra help with writing so I made a club to make writing practice sound fun and cool. Here’s a little doodle of a logo to make it feel real.
December 18, 2024 at 10:34 PM
My kids need some extra help with writing so I made a club to make writing practice sound fun and cool. Here’s a little doodle of a logo to make it feel real.
Oh hai! For more context than my little bio, I'm an independent type designer running Alanna Munro Type Foundry. I'm on a mission to make everyone I meet into a Letter Nerd because I think letters are heckin' cool! For serious though, I teach typography because it's a really important part of design
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Oh hai! For more context than my little bio, I'm an independent type designer running Alanna Munro Type Foundry. I'm on a mission to make everyone I meet into a Letter Nerd because I think letters are heckin' cool! For serious though, I teach typography because it's a really important part of design
I've been searching for an alternative to Sticker Mule (you can look up the reasons why) but it has proved difficult to recreate the print quality and shape I want. Tried 3 other places so far and it looks like @jukeboxprint.bsky.social wins! The print quality is actually better than the mule place.
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I've been searching for an alternative to Sticker Mule (you can look up the reasons why) but it has proved difficult to recreate the print quality and shape I want. Tried 3 other places so far and it looks like @jukeboxprint.bsky.social wins! The print quality is actually better than the mule place.
I would like to cast, "download a free trial of my fonts!" It's really easy to install my fonts for free so you have them right in your font menu when you are looking for the right font for your next project: alannamunro.com/trial-fonts
December 3, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I would like to cast, "download a free trial of my fonts!" It's really easy to install my fonts for free so you have them right in your font menu when you are looking for the right font for your next project: alannamunro.com/trial-fonts
Amberwood in use, spotted at the local kids bookshop! It’s a slightly modified version of Amberwood but I should probably add these not-so-tall styles at some point. More amberwood: alannamunro.com/fonts/amberwood
December 1, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Amberwood in use, spotted at the local kids bookshop! It’s a slightly modified version of Amberwood but I should probably add these not-so-tall styles at some point. More amberwood: alannamunro.com/fonts/amberwood
New Release: Stornoway! Aren't high-contrast sans serifs just the coolest? But they are not super great for text so I added a contrast axis to take that contrast down low (Stornoway Low) for use in text! Stornoway is a beautiful, functional little powerhouse ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 6:14 PM
New Release: Stornoway! Aren't high-contrast sans serifs just the coolest? But they are not super great for text so I added a contrast axis to take that contrast down low (Stornoway Low) for use in text! Stornoway is a beautiful, functional little powerhouse ❤️
I used to use the blue bird place to announce when I was doing some live type design. I’m throwing a little online party tonight to celebrate my new website, and new typeface. Bring some drinks and snacks, come in your PJs—it’ll be a fun, chill time. twitch.tv/alannamun
November 22, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I used to use the blue bird place to announce when I was doing some live type design. I’m throwing a little online party tonight to celebrate my new website, and new typeface. Bring some drinks and snacks, come in your PJs—it’ll be a fun, chill time. twitch.tv/alannamun
Back in my interaction designer days, when we launched a new website for a client we had a tradition of all throwing on some cool shades and blasting “danger zone” through the whole studio.
I like to keep this tradition alive so this is me this morning. Check out the new site! alannamunro.com
I like to keep this tradition alive so this is me this morning. Check out the new site! alannamunro.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Back in my interaction designer days, when we launched a new website for a client we had a tradition of all throwing on some cool shades and blasting “danger zone” through the whole studio.
I like to keep this tradition alive so this is me this morning. Check out the new site! alannamunro.com
I like to keep this tradition alive so this is me this morning. Check out the new site! alannamunro.com