Silver Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2022
Type Specimen Alskar Typeface
by Paul Robb and Moira Bartoloni
- A' Design Award 2022 Silver Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: S6 Foundry
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 42,720
- Verification code E2805DAE65 · Verify this award
About Type Specimen Alskar Typeface
Alskar sans is an elegant contemporary wide sans serif typeface with strong stylistic geometric authentic contrasts, drawing on the aesthetics and representing the shifting contemporary aesthetics. The type specimen was printed as a newspaper A2 (folded and sent as A4) and presents the typeface with a modern feel and experience.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Alskar sans is an elegant contemporary wide sans serif typeface with strong stylistic geometric authentic contrasts, drawing on the aesthetics and representing the shifting contemporary aesthetics. The type specimen was printed as a newspaper A2 (folded and sent as A$) and presents the type face with a modern feel and experience.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project was designed in A2 spreads, folded to A4
- Tags
- Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design
- Production Technology
- The final specimen was printed on newspaper stock in CMYK
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to interpret mainly an architectural movements and design a typeface that would visually feel correct within that genre.
- Project Duration
- The type face was developed from September 2021 and release January 2022.
- Operation Flow
- The specimen was sent to existing and potential design customers.
- Research
- We researched the Brutalist movement in both architectural and visual arts.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the typeface was to design a character set with a contemporary feel with a strong aesthetic feel of the Brutalist movement. The idea was to develop a versatile font that would give the right visual consistencies to brand ranging from high fashion to artistic communications
- Image Credits
- Paul Henry Robb
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