Nel Letra Tipo by Jasper Nijssen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Pláta in Ta'ãnga Jejapo Competition Category.

PlátaTa'ãnga· 2022

Nel Letra Tipo

by Jasper Nijssen

Client: Jasper Nijssen

A' Design Award Pláta Winner in Ta'ãnga Category

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The Design

About Nel Letra Tipo

Ko letra tipo oñemoheñói diseñadorgua hag̃ua. Nel ha'e peteĩ letra tipo ko'ãgagua oguerekóva heta opción. Pe versión Regular oguereko letra tuichakue ha michĩkue, ha avei heta ta'ãnga jehaipyre. Nel Brickbuild ha'e peteĩ versión vy'a estencil rehegua ha Nel Dots ha'e peteĩ letra tipo puntito rehegua. Nel oguereko avei peteĩ estilo ivevúi ha ipohýi umi versión vy'aitéva ojuehegua ndive. Icons (peteĩ fuente icono añoite) ha'e miembro ipyahuvéva. Oĩ pa porundy opción oñembojoja ha oñembojoaju hag̃ua diseño iporãitéva hag̃ua umi impresión, póster, logo, página web térã identidad. Peteĩ familia. Diseñadorgua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Pláta

Nel Letra Tipo ohupyty A' Design Award Pláta, peteĩ ñehechakuaa extraordinariamente prestigioso oñeme'ẽva diseño de primera línea, hechapyrãva ha impresionante-pe. Umi ganador Pláta ha'e tembiapo brillante ha heta creativo ohechaukáva expertise, talento ha agudeza sobresaliente umi diseñador-pe. Oñeha'ãrõ Nel Letra Tipo ha'eha peteĩ tembiapo maravilloso, ejemplar, profesional ha innovador pypukuvéva. Ko diseño ohupytýva A' Design Award Pláta ha'e invento ojehechakuaáva ha ojehayhúva ohepyme'ẽva ha ombohasáva límite arte, ciencia, diseño ha tecnología rehegua. Nel Letra Tipo ha'e creación heta ojeenvidiáva omokyre'ỹva ipotapy, ome'ẽva sentimiento positivo ha omoheñóiva maravilla ha sorpresa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This typeface is developed with the designer in mind. Nel is a modern typeface with lots of options. The Regular version consists of UPPERCASE and lowercase letters, and quite a few other punctuation marks. The Nel Brickbuild is a playful stencil version and the Nel Dots is a dotted typeface. The Nel also has a light and heavy style with corresponding fun versions. There are nine options in total to mix and match while designing awesome prints, posters, logos, websites, or identities.
Dimensions & Packaging: All fonts are available in OTF (local) and WOFF (web) files.
Tags: font, typeface, decorative, playful, letterdesign,
Production Technology: The first sketches were doodles drawn on a lazy Sunday. Those doodles became a grid. The Regular consists of a width of three units and a height of nine units. Each unit is made up of a square of three by three subunits. The Light removes one sub-unit on either side to create a much thinner line and the Heavy adds a sub-unit. The fun, display styles are playful twists designed upon this base.
Design Challenge: The whole Nel is based on the same grid, and design choices. So the design process of the letters went quite smoothly. This was strengthened by the fact that some letters share quite a few similarities (the b > d > p > q). Some are harder to fit in (the k and x). The main challenge was is defining the whitespace between the letters (kerning). The space needs to be different between every letter to look the same. There are quite a few combinations, so this takes a lot of time and effort.
Research: -
Inspiration: During the "mixing and matching" of a few typefaces, the question arose: Wouldn't it be nice for a typeface to have a regular style for the body text and some eccentric, fun versions for headers or high-lighted text? This typeface would make it possible to use different styles and still be coherent.
Project Duration: The main part of this project finished in January 2019 and is available on MyFonts.com. Although once in a while it gets an update. For example: Icons (an all icon font) has been added this February.
Operation Flow: One of the hardest parts of designing a coherent layout is choosing which fonts to use. Nel solves this problem. All styles have their own characteristics, but they're all based on the same design choices. So all options can be mixed and matched with ease. Icons (the all icon font) has an extra. It's possible to combine glyphs. Example: When you type the capital i and 3, there's a bus and a silhouette. When you type the number sign (above the 3) instead of a 3, the human is inside the bus.
Image Credits: All images: Designer Jasper Nijssen, Visuals WBP Nel, 2022.