From 1994 to 1998 Andreas Seidel studied economics at the FH Lausitz University of Applied Sciences.

In 2000 he began to work as freelance graphic designer and in 2003 he launched his astype font label to release his typefaces.

Together with Ingo Preuss he founded in 2006 the German Type Foundry / GTF to offer high class workhorse typefaces and corporate type.