This is the home of Protimient, an independent British Font Foundry, specialising in original, retail typeface designs.
Featured in the prestigious “16-type-foundries-you’ve-probably-never-heard-of” list, Protimient Typeface Design supplies type to customers from all walks of life, from the discerning Design Master who can tell a good typeface from a bad one, to the budding amateur, who can’t.
Since its inception in 2004, Protimient Typeface Design has grown in stature and rapidly become the number one choice for literally several people across the globe.
If you would like to get in contact with me, Ben Jones, just send an email to
I am also on twitter @protimient
As part of my Typography and Graphic Communication degree course I was required to write a 20,000 word dissertation. The subject I chose to write about was the history and evolution of the matchbox cover/label from its beginnings in 1827 to the present day. This is now available for download in PDF format for strictly personal, non-commercial purposes from here (about 1.5Mb)
And, because it is a well known fact¹ that most phillumenists are also ardent gastronomes, here is a link to a brilliant and pioneering recipe website called Really Nice Recipes.
¹ This may not actually be true.
Can I use your typefaces on my website as part of the new @font-face shenanigans?Yes, some of them can be bought as stand-alone, web-ready, @font-face compatible fonts from Font Spring. And this is not one of those 'rent-a-font' remotely hosted services, you actually buy and download the font files and then put them on your web-server. Brilliant.
Can I hire you do make a custom font for me?Yes, but not at the moment. I am not currently taking any further custom jobs until approximately November 2011.
Why have you made individually designed pages for each of your typefaces?Because they are all different and a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t do each of them justice. By tailoring each page to each specific typeface, I believe it better shows the strengths of each one and properly sets the tone, allowing you to get a better impression of each typeface. That and it’s fun.
Why haven’t you designed an individual webpage for all of your fonts?Because some of my typefaces simply don’t suggest a suitable webpage design. That’s not to say they’re bad or bland typefaces, just that there isn’t an appropriate design that I can think of. Especially Stobart. That’s a great font but after spending hours banging my head against a wall trying to create a good page and going through hundreds of different concepts, there simply wasn’t any suitable way of presenting it appropriately.
Why don’t you sell your typefaces directly from your website?Cost, mainly. Maintaining a secure online payment system costs too much money (the various middlemen that need to be paid, the fee per transaction, etc.) so it simply isn’t worthwhile. It also takes a lot of time and effort to maintain it and ensure that the system is secure, time I would be rather spend doing other, better things, such as designing typefaces, updating this website, watching paint dry, etc.
The font vendors I sell through (currently MyFonts, Font Spring and T.26) already have an excellent payment infrastructure in place, they ensure it’s secure, monitor it and provide customer support, all of which they do extremely well.
Why doesn’t your website have a proper navigation menu? Every other website does! I’m confused...!Because it doesn’t need it, and neither does every other website. It’s a website convention that has been deemed unquestionably necessary when in fact, if design properly, a website can dispense with the navigation menu and function perfectly well while simultaneously reducing clutter and visual noise. It’s the future, embrace it, throw off the shackles of the website navigation menu!
