Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona by Paul Robb

Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Gula in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

GulaKiʻi· 2023

Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona

by Paul Robb

Client: S6 Foundry

A' Design Award Gula Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona

Hoʻohālikelike maikaʻi ʻo Florid Sans typeface i ka maikaʻi minimalist me ka hui pū ʻana o nā kikoʻī hou a me nā ʻano maʻamau. ʻO ka ʻohana font he geometric ma ke ʻano me ke ʻano kanaka kanaka i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka moʻomeheu Swiss, i hoʻolālā ʻia me nā puka ʻoluʻolu a me ka hanu e hoʻolilo iā ia i mea nani. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kaumaha ma mua o 700 mau glyphs me nā leka stylistic a me nā helu helu a me nā glyphs ʻē aʻe a me nā ligature discretionary.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gula

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona i ka A' Design Award Gula, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā pae mua, kupaianaha a kūʻokoʻa. He mau hana hou loa, ʻike maka a nani hoʻolaʻa nā lanakila Gula e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuhane akamai, ka naʻauao a me ka mākau o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona he mea hoʻokumu i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia, e hoʻokumu ana i nā ʻano hou, he nui, e hāʻawi ana i ka waiwai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ma mua. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Gula he papahana kupaianaha, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi nui a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hoʻāla ka hoʻolālā Florid Sans ʻo Ka Hoʻolālā Kikokikona i nā manaʻo makemake ikaika, hoʻāla i ka ʻiʻini, hoʻoulu i ka hana noʻeau a hoʻopūliki iā mākou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Florid Sans typeface perfectly balances minimalist quality with a combination of contemporary details and classic styles. The font family is geometric in nature with humanist quality rooted in the Swiss tradition, designed with comfortable, breathable apertures that make it stunningly versatile.
Dimensions & Packaging: The font is in TTF, OTF, and WOFF formats
Tags: Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design, Type Specimen
Production Technology: The font was first hand drawn and then developed in glyphs.
Research: Creating a Swiss-style font creates the challenge to develop a mechanical grid that is modular in construction allowing for slight variations to create form.
Inspiration: The inspiration for the font was taken from 19th-century Swiss typeface design aesthetics beginning with a mathematical grid. The idea was to create a highly legible and harmonious structure with the characters design, creating beauty and simplicity.
Project Duration: The Project was stated and completed in 2022
Patents: Copyrights belong to Paul Henry Robb, 2023
Team Members: Paul Henry Robb
Image Credits: Paul Herny Robb 2023