Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.
KouraWhakairoiro· 2023
Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi
by Paul Robb
Client: S6 Foundry
A' Design Award Koura Winner in Whakairoiro Category
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The Design
About Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi
Ko te momotuhi a Aprex he pai te whakataurite i nga huanga iti e pa ana ki nga mea hou o naianei me te hihiko i roto i te whanui o nga porotiti me nga kohao hau. I roto i nga taumahatanga me nga rahi, he maamaa te ahua o te momotuhi me te rereke rereke i waenga i te waahi pai me te waahi kino, na te mea he tino mohio. Ma te whakakotahitanga o nga korero o naianei me nga momo matarohia, ka kumea mai e Aprex te hiringa mai i nga momo ahua tangata tangata me nga momo kupu grotesques o waenganui o te rau tau. Kei ia taumaha neke atu i te 700 glyphs.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Koura
Ko Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a Aprex Family Ko Te Tauira Momotuhi i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Aprex font perfectly balances the minimalist qualities associated with contemporary sans with flair within the width of the counters and comfortable, breathable apertures. — Throughout weights and sizes, the typeface has great legibility and good contrast between positive and negative space, making it stunningly versatile. With a seamless combination of contemporary details and classic styles, Aprex draws inspiration from the mid-century humanist and grotesques typefaces.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The font famlity is available in TTF, OTF, and WOFF formats.
- Tags
- Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design, Type Specimen
- Production Technology
- The font was firstly hand drawn and then developed within Glyphs.
- Design Challenge
- The hardest part was to create a mono and sans serif font that retailed detail and form.
- Research
- Research and development was based on the International style of the late 20th century, drawing inspiration from the mid-century humanist and grotesques typefaces, and its solid and straightforward structure is characterized by angular connections between curves and stems.
- Inspiration
- Aprex Sans draws inspiration from the mid-century humanist and grotesques typefaces, and its solid and straightforward structure is characterized by angular connections between curves and stems. Aprex Mono is a Monospaced stylized industrial version, with multilingual support. The font is inspired by a basic sans serif glyphs structure, concerning the balance and optimization that bring a clean typeface.
- Project Duration
- The Ffont family was developed in 2022
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Paul Henry Robb, 2022.
- Team Members
- Paul Henry Robb
- Image Credits
- Images and typeface copyright Paul Henry Robb 2022
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