Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen by Paul Robb is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award in Igrafikhi Competition Category.
IbhulonziIgrafikhi· 2023
Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen
by Paul Robb
Client: S6 Foundry
Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award Winner in Igrafikhi Category
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The Design
About Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen
I-Bla Bla iyi-contemporary serif typeface ephefumulelwe amafomu e-crutalist, equkethe izinto zokubala ezinkulu ezivulekile, namafomu agobile, amafomu ayindilinga, okwenza isimanje & nenhle glyph isethi. Amajika aphilayo aphindaphinda okumnene adala amafomu anamandla futhi avumelanayo. Idizayinelwe ukuba umndeni wesimanje osesitayeleni ilungele ukuxhumana namaphrojekthi wokufaka uphawu. Isisindo ngasinye sihlanganisa ama-glyphs angaphezu kuka-700 anohlamvu lwesitayela namasethi ezinombolo kanye nama-glyphs ahlukile kanye nama-ligatures discretionary.
The Recognition
About the Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award
Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen iwinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo ephawulekayo eyehlukaniswa ukudala, ubuhlakani nobukhali bengqondo. Abawinile beBhulonzi yimisebenzi enobuchule obukhulu nedala ngokumangalisayo eqinisekisa isipiliyoni esibanzi, umcabango nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo, enobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu ebuciko, esayensi, ekuklameni nasebuchwepheshe futhi uhamba phambili ngenxa yokunaka kwawo imininingwane. Bla Bla Serif I-Typeface Specimen iyanelisa izidingo ngokumangalisayo, ithinta izifiso, iheha imizwa futhi ikhanga ukufuna ukwazi.
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
- Image Credits
- Copyright 2022 Paul Henry Robb
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