Its use became a hallmark of the International Typographic Style that emerged from the work of Swiss designers in the 1950s and '60s, becoming one of the most popular typefaces of the mid-20th century. Helvetica is a neo-grotesque design, one influenced by the famous 19th century (1890s) typeface Akzidenz-Grotesk and other German and Swiss designs. He previously worked at OpenTable, IDEO and Adaptive Path.Helvetica or Neue Haas Grotesk is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann. He is currently a Product Design Manager at Facebook and teaches Interaction Design at CCA. Bellissima!Ĭhristian Palino is a designer and educator living in San Francisco. What is exceptional and evident in the Text is that it is not merely a redrawing/respacing for improved readability at smaller sizes, but its often quirkier letterforms help translate the charisma of the big, beautiful display weights into text - all without feeling overly precious or distracting. Fortunately for us, this led him to design Founders Grotesk Text. Originally designed for display usage with tight letter spacing, when the typeface was first put to work at text sizes in The Weekend Herald, and ultimately in Il Magazine, Sowersby found that it did not hold up well. Sowersby’s approach to Founders Grotesk, initially inspired by a 1912 Miller & Richard specimen, involved careful curation of various century-old grots. It has become hard to expect anything less from Kris Sowersby, who turns out to be The Blues Brothers of revivals - resurrecting entire movements to create something new and unique.
Those shoulders! That ‘a’! Tight apertures! As I turned the pages of Il Magazine (filled with the skillful typography of Francesco Franchi), I fell in love.įounders Grotesk is one of those faces that simultaneously seems like it has always existed and has never been seen before. Aria di rivoluzione - those were the words that first made me swoon.
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