Nel Typeface by Jasper Nijssen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Eserese, Ịse Ihe na Nkwurịta Anya Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaEserese· 2022

Nel Typeface

by Jasper Nijssen

Client: Jasper Nijssen

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Eserese Category

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The Design

About Nel Typeface

Emepụtara ụdịdị a n'uche onye nrụpụta. Nel bụ ụdị ụdị ọgbara ọhụrụ nwere ọtụtụ nhọrọ. Ụdị nke oge niile nwere mkpụrụedemede ukwu na obere mkpụrụedemede, yana akara akara edemede ole na ole ndị ọzọ. Nel Brickbuild bụ ụdị stencil na-egwu egwu yana Nel Dots bụ ụdị akara nwere ntụpọ. The Nel nwekwara a ọkụ na arọ style na kwekọrọ ekwekọ fun nsụgharị. Akara ngosi (akara ngosi niile) abụrụla onye otu ya kacha ọhụrụ. Enwere nhọrọ itoolu na mkpokọta iji jikọta na dakọtara mgbe ị na-emepụta mbipụta dị egwu, akwụkwọ mmado, akara ngosi, weebụsaịtị, ma ọ bụ njirimara. Otu ezinụlọ. Maka ndị na-emepụta ihe.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Nel Typeface meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Nel Typeface ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Nel Typeface bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

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.
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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.