Gustav & Brun

Gustav & Brun is a Swedish design studio founded in 2008 by Andreas Brunelius. The studio focuses on hand-drawn illustrations and graphic design, with a growing portfolio of distinctive typefaces that blend artisanal craft with digital typography.

Design Philosophy

Gustav & Brun approaches type design from an illustrative perspective, creating fonts where each letter functions as a small artwork. Their typefaces often draw inspiration from natural forms, vintage ephemera, and decorative arts, resulting in fonts with strong visual personality suited to display and editorial use.

Notable Typefaces

The studio's font catalog includes distinctive decorative typefaces:

• Herbarium - A decorative display font inspired by botanical illustrations

Legacy

Since pivoting toward typography in 2010, Gustav & Brun has built a reputation for distinctive decorative fonts that bring illustrative craft to digital typography. Their work is available through major font retailers including MyFonts and Fontspring.