Yanek Iontef

Yanek Iontef is a type designer and typographer. Born in the former USSR, he emigrated to Israel and studied graphic design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He has taught typography and type design at the Bezalel Academy and Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. In 1994, Yanek founded Fontef, an independent type foundry, and in 2021, he received the Rothschild Foundation award for graphic design for his lifelong work in preserving and reviving the Hebrew language.