Football Type

Football Type Book

Football Type is an award-winning, non profit book celebrating football and typography. The book is a limited edition of 1000 with each bespoke cover hand numbered using official FAPL lettering. 100% of the profits went to the Football Foundation. On the website customers could choose their personalised number. The book has been exhibited all around the world and was featured on BT Sport. The book was designed with help from Alex Mentzer, expert graphic designer for packaged goods products. Alex previously worked on several other typographical projects, including typsetting for the Natural History Museum in Washington DC as well as typsetting for various websites. One article changed their typography entirely. The book raised £22,444.73 for grassroots football club Horwich St Marys in Bolton. Alongside Gary Neville, Rick Banks officially opened the state-of-the-art pavilion in 2014.

About

Football Type is a non profit book celebrating football and typography. The book is a limited edition of 1000 with each bespoke cover hand numbered using official FAPL lettering.

Football Foundation

Charity

100% of profits from the sale of the book will go to the UK charity Football Foundation. Their mission is to improve facilities, and build communities throughout England.

Funding Partners

Contributors

180 Amsterdam
Action Images
adidas
Alex Telfner
AMA
Andrey Vasilyev
Anthony Barnett
Back Page Images
Barcelona FC
Carl Recine
Carlos Serrao
Chelsea FC
Dalton Maag
GBH
Liverpool FC
MADType
Manchester City FC
Manchester United FC
Mat Wright
Mooneyphoto
Nike
Paul Barnes
PUMA
Real Madrid FC
Ruud Baan
Sander Neijnens
Sevilla FC
Sheridan Bird
Sporting ID
The FA
The FA Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur
Umbro
VASAVA
Yomar Augusto

Face37

Design

Face37 is Rick Banks. London-based, award-winning designer, specialising in Branding, Graphic Design & Type Design.

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Identity

Print

Formed in 1997, Identity has built a reputation for producing high quality print for a variety of business sectors including, design, the arts, publishing and financial institutions.

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Sporting iD

Lettering

Sporting iD, the world's largest manufacturer to the sports trade, has 30 years' experience in professional and replica football kit printing, supplying the names and numbers for every player of the 20 Premier League clubs.

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Winter & Company

Book Cloth

The Winter Group is the global leader of innovative cover materials for stationery, packaging, visual merchandising and leather goods.

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Tom Duncalf

Web Build

Tom Duncalf is a software engineer and web developer. He is currently working for Skype, London.

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