Prop-a-ganda

Prop-a-ganda offers retro-flavored fonts inspired by lettering on retro propaganda posters, retro advertising posters, retro packages all the world over.Dharma Type is a type design project launched in 2005 by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, aimed at providing exclusive fonts for designers around the world.The design styles span a wide spectrum—from retro and classic to experimental and futuristic, from formal to informal—reflecting the project's mission to fill niche demands in the design landscape.To date, Dharma Type has released around 100 Latin typefaces, including the widely popular Bebas Neue, an open-source font. Many of these typefaces have been featured in publications and used across a variety of media—ranging from movie titles (such as La La Land) to brand logos and posters.Ryoichi Tsunekawa is the director and type designer behind Dharma Type, a type foundry he founded in 2005 in Japan.He studied architecture and engineering at Nagoya University, where he first developed an interest in fonts—particularly in the relationship between typeface design and historical design movements such as De Stijl, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, Modernism, and Bauhaus.After earning his MA, he worked in Tokyo for several years as an architectural engineer, designing structural frameworks and analyzing bearing forces.Following a transitional period as a freelance graphic designer, he eventually established Dharma Type, pursuing his passion for typeface design full time.