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Your name / Company name
Alexander Tibus, member of mixxd corporate communication network

Can you give us a brief description about yourself and the company you work for?
We are a network of people form different disciplines in communication. I mainly work with corporate and editorial design.

How would you characterize your design style?
Towards clean and concise designs with a typographic approach.

Place of work
Berlin, Germany

Can you give us a short description about your font?
Each letter consists of a positive space defining it as well as a negative space surrounding it, containing diagonal lines. When typing, the characters connect to each other in a horizontal and vertical axis generating a texture. The typeface includes two fonts, each containing 195 characters. In addition, there is a modular font consisting of 18 units, with which complex graphics can easily be generated by keyboard. Line spacing and tracking adjustments are not necessary for either of these fonts.

Why did you design this font and what was your inspiration?
The basic concept was developed from when I designed a flyer. Once I had designed a couple of letters, I was compelled to create a font that connected the characters automatically.

What is the ideal usage of your font?
The concept was to develop a typeface that assembles single letters, which together form a pattern generating attention.
At first it was designed for print applications like posters and covers. During the design process, I discovered textile design and parts of guidance systems for wirefox. I think it has great potential for animated designs.

How did you come up with the name of the font?
The font reminds me of micro-electronics or wires whereas foxes are famous for their brainy and agile character.

Do you think that too many fonts exist?
Well, if I thought this, I would not have designed a new one.

Your future plans?
Strive to create good designs.