Fee
Single session: $115 ea
Eight sessions: $95 ea ($760)
Booking
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Overview
Develop a process, be accountable, and meet your deadline.
Are you a professional type designer working on a personal retail release? Typemasters Professional type design coaching is here to support you and keep you accountable to meet your release date.
These confidential one-on-one sessions are tailored for experienced type designers who want to refine their process and ensure their project stays on track.
- Establish a deadline for your project
- Ask a question or get feedback on a multi-style typeface
- Access advanced multi-style proofing templates
- Single or multi-session coaching available
Best suited for professional type designers working on retail releases or high-level type design projects.
As a coach, I treat projects confidentially. I do not ask for part ownership of the project or for a mention, although mentions are lovely when they happen.
What you get:
- Refine your process to help you finish your typeface
- Gain an honest outside perspective from a fellow typeface designer
- Proof your typeface using advanced proofing templates
Meet Your Coach
Hi there, my name is Troy Leinster, and I’ll be your coach for the Typemasters Type Design 101 program. I’m an Australian typeface designer and founder of Leinster Type, and I currently live in Jersey City, just across the river from New York City.
Over the last ten years, I’ve studied under many typeface designers around the world, collecting and refining my type design process, which I now share with others like yourself. In 2021, I founded Typemasters.xyz, and have now coached over 500 designers through the process of developing a typeface from concept to release.
From 2014-2021 I worked at the Hoefler&Co Type Foundry and taught typeface design at Cooper Union in New York. I’m a graduate of Type & Media program at KABK in The Hague and the Type@Cooper program at Cooper Union in New York.
I look forward to working with you to develop your very first typeface.
Troy.
Feedback & Reviews
It’s rare to find someone who is an accomplished typeface designer and an exceptional teacher at the same time. Simply because someone is knowledgeable about a subject doesn't mean they will be successful in a classroom. Craft and instruction are two different skills. Troy is one of those truly unique people who have both. Kevin Smith - Product Design at Facebook, New York, NY
Troy‘s class started from the basics, but quickly and methodically got us into a technical space of seeing our sketches becoming a working reality. My experience was therapeutic, informative, and immensely gratifying. Jesse Reed - Order / Standards Manual / Standards / Chip Slip, Brooklyn, NY
I always highly recommend Troy’s class to anyone who’s just curious about type design or even to someone who has already had some experience with designing type. For beginners, he makes type design understandable and accessible. For more advanced students, he sharpens your skills by offering the experience and perspective of a professional working type designer. Elyanna Blaser-Gould - Senior Designer at Pentagram, Brooklyn, NY
Troy’s class is a great intro for those who are interested in learning more about the world of type design. Jake Giltsoff - UX Design Manager at Adobe, New York, NY
Troy’s class was compelling in its uncovering of the methods involved in creating a typeface. What I was able to create during Troy’s course also contributed to my desire to continue learning about type design, and populated my application for Type@Cooper with work I could be proud of, ultimately resulting in a certificate in type design from the Cooper Union, and typefaces on Google Fonts and in the Updike Collection in Rhode Island. Liam Spradlin - Interaction Designer at Google, New York, NY
This course was the perfect experience to get started designing type. I am a student, and the plan is to create a typeface for my upcoming undergraduate thesis. I was hoping to get some knowledge under my belt before the approaching semester. This class certainly achieved that goal– and more. I am most grateful for the weekly individual feedback from Troy. Every refinement he suggested elevated my type proof, and with every mistake, I learned how to advance my type skills. Bonus: the last project is developing a type specimen, which I can now add to my portfolio for graduation! Lacey Hamann - Graphic Design Student, Chattanooga, TN
Initially, I wondered how a hands-on topic like type design would fare in an online format. However, I felt fully supported as I worked through the challenges of my type, without being pushed in any particular direction. Support for technical questions and advice on troublesome letterforms was readily available from Troy. Michelle Webster - Design / UX / Development / Typography Minneapolis, MN