

Country
France; Finland
Founding Year
2023
Proof of Words is a digital type foundry founded in 2023 by Léo Guibert and Fanny Hamelin, operating between Paris and Helsinki. The studio offers a growing retail catalogue—including typefaces such as PoW Alara, Covenant, Covenant Mono, Limerick, Garnier, and Savon—while also providing custom services like bespoke font creation, production, engineering, and extended language support. Emerging from print-proof collaborations between the founders, the foundry positions itself as a hub for collaborative research, inviting other designers to contribute to its projects. What sets Proof of Words apart is its typographic curiosity and scholarly rigor—driven by attention to detail, unconventional design, and a collective, experimental approach to type innovation.

Proof of Words


Country
France; Finland
Founding Year
2023
Proof of Words is a digital type foundry founded in 2023 by Léo Guibert and Fanny Hamelin, operating between Paris and Helsinki. The studio offers a growing retail catalogue—including typefaces such as PoW Alara, Covenant, Covenant Mono, Limerick, Garnier, and Savon—while also providing custom services like bespoke font creation, production, engineering, and extended language support. Emerging from print-proof collaborations between the founders, the foundry positions itself as a hub for collaborative research, inviting other designers to contribute to its projects. What sets Proof of Words apart is its typographic curiosity and scholarly rigor—driven by attention to detail, unconventional design, and a collective, experimental approach to type innovation.