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Dickens

by Fenotype
Individual Styles from $20.00 USD
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Complete family of 28 fonts: $100.00 USD
The Dickens Font Family was designed by Emil Karl Bertell, Erik Jarl Bertell, Teo Tuominen and published by Fenotype. Dickens contains 28 styles and family package options.

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As the 21st century’s faith in the future is shattered, the zeitgeist is no longer captured by resorting to universal, neutral-looking, sans serif fonts – but rather by serifed ones that express tradition and severity, with quirks and personality. Dickens breathes a hard-working vitality. It may not be universal in appearance – but it is surprisingly local. The font family is equally suitable for use by a trendy natural cosmetics brand or as a brand font for a start-up that utilizes artificial intelligence, as it is for the visuals of a newly opened Bushwick micro brewery – bringing a lot of personality and a recognizable, distinct voice. Dickens is equipped with two different widths: the narrower one can survive even in tight times when public funding is being cut. The weights of the fonts range from thin to very thick, so you are sure to find the right tone. All fonts also have italic versions. On the other hand, there are no unnecessary features – this is a hard font for hard times, after all. 

Designers: Emil Karl Bertell, Erik Jarl Bertell, Teo Tuominen

Publisher: Fenotype

Foundry: Fenotype

Design Owner: Fenotype

MyFonts debut: Jan 12, 2026

Dickens

About Fenotype

Emil Bertell has done it all. Having published his first font files at 16, he was considered to be an international free-font hero while still in his teens. He went on to attend design college, drop out, and become a well-known graphic designer and illustrator. Now one of the most successful type designers from the Nordic countries on MyFonts, the Finland-based designer said in his Creative Characters interview that he’s “had an obsession with visual culture from the beginning.” Before turning his attention to type design full-time, Emil had a very successful career as an award-winning illustrator. “Illustration became my main livelihood,” he said. “I drew painstaking pencil illustrations for magazines, advertising, stamps, etc. I often designed my own fonts for festivals and hand-drew the lettering posters; I also did a few pencil illustrations based on lettershapes, and that got out of hand, so I had to do a lot more of them.” In 2012 he finally made the switch and committed all of his time to type design. Emil first saw success with his Billboard typeface. “It became my first Rising Star on MyFonts and made me realize that I could actually make a living by designing fonts,” he said. “I realized that there’s actually a market out there that I could become a part of.” Throughout the rest of that year he began to see even more success. It began in January, when his font, Mishka, was featured in our Most Popular Fonts of 2011 list. He went on to find a way to bookend the year and was listed among the Most Popular Fonts of 2012 with his Mercury Script design. Since then, his foundry’s success has continued on with best sellers like Voyage and The Carpenter. Fans of the foundry have a lot to look forward to in the near future. Emil will continue to produce beautiful scripts (some coming soon to MyFonts!) and has plans to expand his business.

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