Established in Geneva, Switzerland, Optimo® is a type foundry that designs and publishes premium typefaces, which are engineered to the highest standards and offer graphic designers and type-users long-lasting tools with a distinctive identity.

With the aim of releasing their own fonts, Gilles Gavillet, Stéphane Delgado, and David Rust founded Optimo® in 1998. First initiated as a student project at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), Optimo has become an independent library of contemporary classics, drawn by influential designers.

Investigating typographic paradigms from different eras, its catalogue demonstrates a commitment to revisiting type history with a contemporary perspective. It aims to create typefaces that will have a lasting impression on culture.

In addition to its retail library, it offers custom fonts, bespoke versions of its typefaces, and language extensions for clients who need tailor-made designs.

With an international mindset, it has begun expanding the supported languages of its typefaces. For the moment, some of its typefaces offer Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic language support, in addition to the Latin character set.