Yanek is a typeface designer and typographer‭. ‬Born in the USSR‭, ‬he emigrated to Israel at the age of 16‭ ‬and studied graphic design at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. ‬He has worked in London and Tel Aviv‭, and taught typography‭ ‬and type design at the Bezalel Academy ‬and at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. ‬An award-winning type designer‭, Yanek runs Fontef, his own foundry specializing in Hebrew type design. He designed the FF Cartonnage‭, ‬Hadasah Friedlaender,‭ ‬and Mandatory type families‭. ‬His interest in found typography and bicycle culture‭ is documented online‭.