tobias kunisch

I make type and typography accessible to everyone in my role as co-founder, UX manager and design lead for Google Fonts, (read more about that here).

On the Material Design team I introduced design tokens to Material (and the rest of the company). I also helped launch the Google Store and started the web framework used by Google’s marketing websites.

Recently I returned to Berlin, Germany after spending time in London, New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area.

contact

LinkedIn, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram

public speaking

Fonts are Software now, and that’s awesome! (Config 2023), How Google Fonts Designed a Specimen Page for Any Typeface (ATypI 2023), Typography for everyone (Beyond Tellerrand 2023), Fonts are software (and icons too!) (Microsoft Reactor 2023), Create expressive and readable typography with variable fonts (Google IO 2022)

recent projects

Making it easier to get Google Fonts, The new Google Fonts: find what you’re looking for, First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts, Roboto…But Make It Flex, Introducing Material Symbols, Introducing Roboto Serif, Announcing Google Fonts Knowledge

awards

Webby 2024: Honoree, Features & Design-Best Visual Design (Google Fonts redesign), Webby 2023: Nomination, Websites and Mobile Sites, Best Visual Design (Google Fonts Knowledge), Webby 2016: People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites, Consumer Electronics (Google Store)

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