2019 Typeface Design Judge S Choice Orientation By Sandrine Nugue When asked to select his favorite from among all the entries, typeface design judge kristyan sarkis chose orientation, created by sandrine nugue to help students find their way around a new student housing complex in in roubaix, france. Like nugue’s last typeface infini, orientation contains no extraneous curves. it’s a geometric face and it packs a punch in order to reflect the brutalist informed architecture of the building it’s placed on top of. it’s also chunky and weighty, anchored down like a heavy brick.
2019 Typeface Design Judge S Choice Orientation By Sandrine Nugue I enjoyed playing with legibility of signs: on their own some letters could look abstract, but when they composed a word, the result became readable. orientation was developed with other weights (bold, regular, and light) and styles (roman and italic) and is released by commercial type. International typeface competition in 2019 organized by the type directors club in new york. the jury included erin mclaughlin, kristyan sarkis, nicole dotin, and tobias frere jones. the list of winners: tdc type directors club's type design competition 2019 (22tdc). type design information compiled and maintained by luc devroye. Sandrine nugue’s orientation was originally commissioned by paris based designer thanh phong lê, with the simple brief of creating a geometric typeface that could be fabricated as stencils for the wayfinding system of a new student dormitory in roubaix, france. Information about the font orientation from commercial type, and where to download it.
2019 Typeface Design Judge S Choice Orientation By Sandrine Nugue Sandrine nugue’s orientation was originally commissioned by paris based designer thanh phong lê, with the simple brief of creating a geometric typeface that could be fabricated as stencils for the wayfinding system of a new student dormitory in roubaix, france. Information about the font orientation from commercial type, and where to download it. Orientation was subsequently expanded to a full family of three weights and matching italics. as the weight range progresses from light to bold, the characters become abstract, even pushing the bounds of legibility, but in the context of words they are surprisingly readable. She designs typefaces and lettering for signage, visual identity, publication commissions, etc. her type families are released by 205tf (injurial) and by commercial type (orientation, moulin). In 2019, orientation was awarded the certificate of typographic excellence from the type directors club. i’m hoping to see it used more in editorial design settings, on posters and, of course, for signage and wayfinding. Lettering infini publication typedesign orientation signage pictogram typedesign moulin typedesign.
Sandrine Nugue Orientation was subsequently expanded to a full family of three weights and matching italics. as the weight range progresses from light to bold, the characters become abstract, even pushing the bounds of legibility, but in the context of words they are surprisingly readable. She designs typefaces and lettering for signage, visual identity, publication commissions, etc. her type families are released by 205tf (injurial) and by commercial type (orientation, moulin). In 2019, orientation was awarded the certificate of typographic excellence from the type directors club. i’m hoping to see it used more in editorial design settings, on posters and, of course, for signage and wayfinding. Lettering infini publication typedesign orientation signage pictogram typedesign moulin typedesign.
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