Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface by Paul Robb

Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Michoro, Picha na Mawasiliano ya Kuona Competition Category.

ShabaMchoro· 2023

Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface

by Paul Robb

Client: S6 Foundry

Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Mchoro Category

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The Design

About Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface

Bla Bla ni chapa ya kisasa ya serif iliyochochewa na aina za kikatili, inayoangazia vihesabio vikubwa vilivyo wazi, na aina zilizopinda, za duara, na kuunda kisasa & seti ya glyph ya kifahari. Mikondo ya kikaboni yenye marudio ya upole huunda fomu zenye nguvu na za usawa. Iliyoundwa kuwa familia ya kisasa ya maridadi ni kamili kwa ajili ya miradi ya mawasiliano na chapa. Kila uzito unajumuisha glyphs zaidi ya 700 na herufi za kimtindo na seti za nambari na glyphs mbadala na ligatures za hiari.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award

Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Bla Bla Serif Sampuli Ya Typeface hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Bla Bla is a contemporary serif typeface inspired by brutalist forms, featuring large open counters, and curved, round forms, creating a modern & elegant glyph set. The organic curves with gentle repetitions create powerful and harmonious forms. Designed to be a stylish modern family it is perfect for communication and branding projects.
Dimensions & Packaging: The typeface is available in TTF, OTf and WOFF formats and printed on newsprint in CMYK
Tags: Font design, Branding, Identity, Type design, Type Specimen
Production Technology: The typeface was first hand drawn and developed in Glyphs.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to develop something completely new ad brutalism is more synonymous with sans fonts, so developing a new language and approach to a stylist serif typeface.
Research: One of the hardest parts of the design was translating architecture into a serif typeface. Through the study of sections and observations of light and shadow upon building structures we were able to identify forms that developed the shapes of the serif.
Inspiration: The inspiration for the typeface is in brutalist forms. Taking that inspiration from the ideas of architectural forms and developing it into a serif typeface, using forms and a mathematical grid.
Project Duration: The typeface was developed in 2022
Patents: Copyrights belong to Paul Henry Robb, 2022
Team Members: Paul Henry Robb