It was also a platform for a new sexual liberation. The disco scene at the time had become a safe space where the gay community could find a sense of self-confidence. As the foundry notes, “these movements-awkward, not exactly graceful, but still quite precise-are the ones Retroduktor copies in its morphology.” After the introduction of smoke machines, lasers and 3D lighting brought clubs to a whole new level-and the rigs eventually became automated. Though there have been different reissues over the years, Briefcase Type Foundry’s BC Retroduktor involves more than 100 masters, producing 24 static fonts and four variable fonts.Īnd then there’s the heavy influence of the multisensory disco scene of the day. Viktor Mizera’s BC Retroduktor is a typeface rooted in a time and place-in more ways than one.įirst, it celebrates Akihiko Seki’s Akilines, originally released in the early 1970s.

Visit the Braille Institute’s website to learn more, and download Atkinson Hyperlegible here. The face-a traditional grotesque sans serif at its core-is free to download and comes with four fonts in two weights, accents supporting 27 languages, and 1,340 glyphs. … Atkinson Hyperlegible differentiates common misinterpreted letters and numbers using various design techniques.” By way of recognizable footprints and exaggerated forms, this new typeface is already making a difference and bringing home accolades, including Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award. But with its careful design, Atkinson Hyperlegible is making a major impact.Īccording to the Braille Institute’s website, “For low-vision readers, certain letters and numbers can be hard to distinguish from one another. “They’re not 100% blind.” Meaning a majority of Braille Institute clients also don’t rely on the dot-based language.įor years now, it seemed the only solution for low-vision clients and printed materials was magnification. “People may be surprised that the vast majority of the students who come to Braille Institute have some degree of vision,” Sandy Shin, the institute’s vice president for marketing and communications, told All About Vision. So what does that mean for printed materials-and how can designers create fonts that are easily read by the growing population of low-vision consumers?Īpplied Design Works in New York City partnered up with the Braille Institute to develop this easy-to-read typeface named after the institute’s founder, Robert J. One is the low-vision paradox: Despite a decrease in blindness worldwide, people are now living long enough to lose their vision. The coronavirus pandemic is clearly at the forefront of all of our minds-but there are countless other healthcare puzzles going on at any given time around the world. To bring a fitting set of specimens to life, Sudtipos turned to Lucila Perini Studio, whose work you can see below. Moreover, as Sudtipos details, “An elegant small caps set, a variety of ball terminals and delicate swashes, as well as the possibility to choose from many alternates are also included in the OpenType features.”

Spanning three widths and five weights, the resulting typeface maintains unexpected quirks and delights and is capable of a wide range of expressions. While the name may be French for “apothecary,” Alejandro Paul and his team found inspiration in an antique German design dating back to the late 19th century. (And hey: If you forgot to buy a little something for the designer in your life this holiday season, it’s worth mentioning that fonts are a fantastic gift, and require no shipping …) ApothicaireĪrgentinian foundry Sudtipos routinely turns out top-notch type-and their latest release, Apothicaire, is indeed just the medicine we need for the winter blues. Herewith: 25 of our favorites new typefaces from 2020. (Speaking of subjectivity: As for PRINT’s own awesome typeface, Role-we’d have featured it, had it not been released in 2019.) We saw a lot of type that we loved in 2020-and throughout the year, as always, we catalogued it, notably in our Type Tuesday column.Īs we head into 2021, we’ve rounded up 25 of our favorite faces-a highly subjective list, as all such lists are, given structure by alphabetical order.

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