05 MARCH 2012 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES
Público refreshed
Mark Porter and Simon Esterson have refreshed their 2007 redesign of Público with some additions to the type palette. Primary headline typography is now in the upcoming Publico Banner, a tighter and sharper display component to the Publico family that the two had commissioned for the last major overhaul, and a new Extrabold weight of Giorgio Sans, drawn by Commercial Type designer Vincent Chan. Chan also designed a Deck size of Giorgio Sans in 4 weights, making it possible to use this dramatically condensed family for bylines, running headers, and other small display type. The type palette is rounded out with Graphik, used for captions and info graphics.
The Fugas section, launching its new look later in the week, features a heavily swashed homage to late 1970s advertising lettering by Berton Hasebe.
29 FEBRUARY 2012 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES
New Umbro England football kit
Commercial Type partner Paul Barnes has designed the distinctive 2-tone numbers and letters that appear on the new Umbro England football kit. They will be launched on 29 February 2012 when England take on the Netherlands at Wembley Stadium. They were designed with Umbro’s design team led by Robert Warner.
23 DECEMBER 2011 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES
Druk XXXX Condensed and more for 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek Year in Review
2011 was a densely packed and chaotic year, so the type needed to help reflect this in Bloomberg Businessweek's Year in Review issue. Berton Hasebe added some very dramatically condensed versions to his already very condensed sans family Druk, while Christian Schwartz pulled some Neue Haas Grotesk numerals in the opposite direction. Berton also provided some impossibly condensed pieces of lettering, for places where even Druk XXXX Condensed wasn't quite narrow enough. The illustration on the 4-part cover is by James Dawe.
24 OCTOBER 2011 | CUSTOM TYPEFACES
Neue Haas Grotesk Stencil for Bloomberg Businessweek Sports issue
Bloomberg Businessweek Creative Director Richard Turley wanted something a little bit more flexible than just a piece of lettering to tie a special section on sports together, so Christian Schwartz created a stencil version of the Regular weight of their Neue Haas Grotesk, loosely inspired by the work of Lawrence Weiner (who, ironically, despises Helvetica). The stencil resurfaces from time to time, including on the cover of the 2-9 April 2012 issue.
