I am an independent type designer and art director based in Lyon, France.

I have over a decade of experience working for brands and studios, creating visual identities, websites and editorial projects. My work lives at the intersection of multiple disciplines: typography, graphic design, illustration and web development. I’m constantly evolving my practice by experimenting with different tools in my process.

Beyond client commissions, I maintain an independent type design practice. My fonts are available via Production Type, Google Fonts and Plomb Type, the type foundry I founded with Emma Marichal.

For inquiries or collaborations, please feel free to get in touch.

Portrait of Max Esnée
© Photo: Victor Rollet

Selected clients

Production Type, Monotype, Blaze Type, Carré Noir, ArtFeelsGood, WConran, Ensemble, AuPlaisir, Incandescence, Azilis, Polka Magazine, Gutenberg Networks, Medici.tv, Visibrain

Awards

HiiiBrand 2023 finalist (for Super Castel)


HiiiBrand Awards 2022 Bronze (for Gamuth)


Granshan 2022 Special Mention (for Gamuth)

Publications

Typodarium 2025, Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 2024

50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2025, Creative Boom, 2024

Interactive Annual 30, Communication Arts, 2024

Typodarium 2024, Verlag Hermann Schmidt, 2024

Max Esnée on Gamuth and the Journey of a Type Designer, Production Type, 2023 (link↗)

An Exclusive Sneak Preview of Production Type’s Upcoming Fonts, Type01, 2022 (link↗)

Lectures

Conférence Caractères, Lyon (FR), 2023

La Perruque, lancement #2, Brussels (BE), 2017

Teaching

École de Condé, Lyon (FR), 2025

Ynov Campus, Lyon (FR), 2022