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Meet Ragtag, In-House International's first-ever font, marking the launch of its new foundry

Adventurous, graphic, fun and loud, Ragtag is a new display font by In-House International and the first font to be released by the Texas-based design studio.

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Colourful geometric shapes and abstract forms in red, pink, teal, beige and black representing individual characters from the Ragtag display font against a diagonal striped background

Each letter is unique and designed so it composes "beautifully with all others" but can "also stand on its own as an accent piece or as part of a design", so says Michu Benaim Steiner, creative chief at the American firm.

Ragtag features three glyph sets (A-Z, 0-9) plus a few extra goodies like eñes and diacritics. In-House partner Alexander Wright drew individual characters so they could "stand on their own, like each one could be a logo, but keeping compositions and the system top of mind."

The font was inspired by the "scattered crew of makers and designers" at the design studio, which is a fully remote creative home-based in Austin. Ragtag also marks the launch of the studio's foundry, focusing on bold display typefaces.

The design of Ragtag was led by In-House designer Alexander Wright and developed on Opentype format (.otf) by Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Discover more at YouWorkForThem.com.

Ragtag display font by In-House International showing colourful geometric letterforms and numbers in black, tan and hot pink on a beige background
Ragtag display font by In-House International showing colourful geometric letterforms and numerals in red, teal, beige and pink on dark background
Colourful geometric letterforms in beige, pink and black spelling out "Ragtag" on a split teal and coral background, showcasing the display font's bold, modular design
Teal t-shirt featuring colourful graphic letters spelling "ABOUT" composed in the Ragtag typeface with black and red elements on a dark background
Ragtag display font spelling out "Superflexity" in bold, geometric letterforms in teal, tan and black on a coral background
Ragtag font displaying the complete alphabet, numerals and punctuation marks as bold, geometric glyphs in dark navy on a tan background
Ragtag display font by In-House International showing colourful geometric letterforms spelling "We see you in here" split across turquoise and charcoal backgrounds
Colourful grid displaying individual characters and symbols from the Ragtag font, including geometric letterforms and abstract shapes in teal, coral and black
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