About

Jonathan Hill graduated from Newcastle College of Art & Design in 1994.

He initially worked in print producing event graphics for the Leadmill in Sheffield. Jonathan joined Mainartery in 1999; a progressive design studio based in London working solely for the music industry. Over a 3-year period he produced a range of unique music packaging that crossed boundaries between 2D and 3D media. Clients include R02, Universal Music, EMI and Azuli Records.

On January 3, 2006 Jonathan founded 'The Northern Block' with the goal to design & develop new and original typefaces. The foundry has soon established a reputation for producing contemporary typefaces with a high technical value that work in the commercial market place.

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Uniman - Typeface
A clear and simple sans serif typeface. Straight lines are combined with precision curves to form a functional and versatile font best suited for a wide range of applications. Developed to meet the needs of the professional user, details include 9 weights with italics, 540 characters, 5 variations of numerals, small caps, stylistic alternatives, manually edited kerning and Opentype features.

Available from: http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk 

Uniman - Typeface

A clear and simple sans serif typeface. Straight lines are combined with precision curves to form a functional and versatile font best suited for a wide range of applications. Developed to meet the needs of the professional user, details include 9 weights with italics, 540 characters, 5 variations of numerals, small caps, stylistic alternatives, manually edited kerning and Opentype features.

Available from: http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk 

The Northern Block - Font Foundry

To introduce the brand new font website developed by Raw Design Studio of Manchester. The Northern Block are offering a chance to win fonts from their latest collections. To enter the competition simply reblog this message, winners will be announced on the 5/7/12.

Good Luck

The Northern Block - Font Foundry


To introduce the brand new font website developed by Raw Design Studio of Manchester. The Northern Block are offering a chance to win fonts from their latest collections. To enter the competition simply reblog this message, winners will be announced on the 5/7/12.

Good Luck

50% OFF all typefaces from The Northern Block Foundry. 
Please enter the code: TNB5000
OFFER Ends 31/12/2011

50% OFF all typefaces from The Northern Block Foundry.

Please enter the code: TNB5000

OFFER Ends 31/12/2011

Beval - Typeface
INTRODUCTORY PRICE 72% OFF UNTIL 01/09/11
A humanistic sans-serif typeface with subtle chamfer detailing. It’s strong lateral emphasis is combined with open apertures to create sharp and legible letter forms. These balanced and narrow proportions make it ideally suited to a variety of online applications.
Available from:
http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk/beval.htm

Beval - Typeface

INTRODUCTORY PRICE 72% OFF UNTIL 01/09/11

A humanistic sans-serif typeface with subtle chamfer detailing. It’s strong lateral emphasis is combined with open apertures to create sharp and legible letter forms. These balanced and narrow proportions make it ideally suited to a variety of online applications.

Available from:

http://www.thenorthernblock.co.uk/beval.htm