![]() In addition, it won an award at TDC2 2009. It will be available for licensing starting in October 2013. Serrano (2008): a sans family designed for the Bank of New Zealand. Hardys (2008), an elegant serif face custom designed for Australia's Constellation Wines. Newzald (2007), an economical text serif based on rough lettering found in New Zealand. Named for Times New Roman, this type has influences from the egyptian Galaxie Copernicus, which is based on Plantin, as well as from Times New Roman.įF Unit Slab (2007, with Erik Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz). Tiempos Text and Tiempos Headline (2010). In a clever twist, Metric offers vertical stroke endings and Calibre horizontal ones in a selected number of glyphs. They were conceived as a pair but function independently of each other. Calibre is a geometric neo-grotesque, inspired by the rationality of Aldo Novarese's seldom seen Recta. Metric is a geometric humanist, sired by West Berlin street signs. Sowersby writes: Metric&Calibre are a pair of typefaces that share a fundamental geometry yet differ in the finish of key letterforms. A sans family with hints of art deco in the heavier weights. The proportions are just right-I will place my bets on this one for several best of 2010 award lists. 3), from a 1912 Miller&Richard specimen book. Roughly based on Miller&Richard Grotesque (No. It was inspired (from very far) by Plantin's types.įounders Grotesk (2010). ![]() ![]() Galaxie Copernicus (2009) is a large x-height serif family done at Village in cooperation with Chester Jenkins. It has a human charm that gives such warmth and learned beauty to text.įF Meta Serif (2007, Serif counterpart of FF Meta, with Erik Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz). Duncan Forbes: National is slightly mannered, which becomes more apparent in the heavier weights yet it still remains simple, subtle and serious. This type family won an award at TDC2 2008. National (2007, a sans serif family, Village). įeijoa (2007, a serif family for text, Village). KLIM is a type and graphic design studio run by Wellington, NZ-based designer Kris Sowersby, now affiliated with Village.
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