Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweGrafiki, umZobo kunye noNxibelelwano oluBonakalayo Competition Category.

IbhronziIgrafiki· 2023

Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso

by Paul Robb

Client: S6 Foundry

Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Winner in Igrafiki Category

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The Design

About Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso

I-Bla Bla yinto yohlobo lwe-serif yangoku ephefumlelwe ziifomu ze-brutalist, enezinto zokubala ezinkulu ezivulekileyo, kunye ne-curved, iifom ezijikelezayo, ukudala i-modern & amp; iseti yeglyph ebukekayo. Iigophe eziphilayo kunye nokuphindaphinda okuthambileyo zenza iifom ezinamandla kunye nezihambelanayo. Yenzelwe ukuba ibe lusapho olunesitayile sanamhlanje lulungele unxibelelwano kunye neeprojekthi zophawu. Ubunzima obunye bubandakanya iiglyphs ezingaphezu kwama-700 ezinobumba besitayile kunye neeseti zamanani kunye nezinye iiglyphs kunye ne-discretionary ligatures.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Bla Bla Serif Lomfanekiso iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

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