Kala Kiʻi · 2024
Faffin Font Family Hoʻolālā Kikokikona a me ka Laʻana
by Paul Robb
- A' Design Award Kala 2024 in Kiʻi
- CLIENT: S6 Foundry
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 103,866
- Verification code 2EF0A39513 · Verify this award
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About Faffin Font Family Hoʻolālā Kikokikona a me ka Laʻana
ʻO ka ʻohana hua palapala Faffin he ʻōlelo kikokikona laulaha, e hāʻawi ana i ʻelua ʻano like ʻole, ʻo Faffin Sans a me Faffin Display, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻohana pakahi ʻia ai a paha me ka hui pū ʻana, e ʻae ana i ka hui mālielie o nā nani hou. ʻO Faffin Sans, i hoʻoulu ʻia ma ka kaulike o ka hoʻolālā ʻano Kuikilani, ʻo kēia hua palapala he hui noiʻi o nā helehelena a me nā piko hou. ʻO Faffin Display e lawe ana i ka manaʻo o ka laulaha i ka pae kiʻekiʻe ma ke ʻano he hua palapala loli.
About the A' Design Award Kala
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Faffin Font Family Hoʻolālā Kikokikona a me ka Laʻana i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Faffin Font Family Hoʻolālā Kikokikona a me ka Laʻana he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Faffin Font Family Hoʻolālā Kikokikona a me ka Laʻana e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Faffin font family is a versatile typographic language, offering two distinct styles – Faffin Sans and Faffin Display – designed to be used individually or in tandem, allowing for a seamless blend of contemporary aesthetics. Faffin Sans, inspired by the impartiality of Swiss-type design, this font is a meticulous fusion of contemporary shapes and curves. Faffin Display takes the concept of versatility to the next level as a variable font.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The specimen dimensions are 210 x 290 mm.
- Tags
- Type design, Typeface, Specimen
- Production Technology
- Glyphs was used to create the Font family. The Type specimen book was printed as a limited run in offset digital, five color.
- Design Challenge
- The major challenge was to create a san serif font and display font that work in harmony together, to create a contemporary visual language.
- Research
- Our research began with the origins of Swiss-type design, studying classical forms that could be expanded and adapted into new forms and shapes.
- Inspiration
- This Font family's inspiration was creating a juxtaposition of two opposing styles that work together in a sophisticated design system that empowers designers to create compelling visual narratives. Inspired by minimalism and clarity of Swiss type design, the design of the forms, whether used independently or combined, Faffin Sans and Faffin Display offer a harmonious and contemporary typographic language.
- Project Duration
- The project was started in April 2023 and launched in November 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The font family was launched as a retail font throughout the world and used by international design firms.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Paul Henry Robb & Moira Bartoloni, 2023
- Image Credits
- Paul Henry Robb
Moira Bartoloni
