Pialat by Berton Hasebe for T, the New York Times Style Magazine

T, PUBLICATIONS, CUSTOM TYPEFACES | 22 AUGUST 2010

Pialat is the latest display face designed by Commercial Type for T, the New York Times Style Magazine. Senior Art Director Chris Martinez was very taken with lettering in the titles for À nos amours, a 1983 film by French director Maurcie Pialat, and asked us to use these forms as the starting point for a new typeface. Berton Hasebe drew the face in two variations, one with conventional hairlines and an Open version, where the thin parts of the letters all appear to have worn away.

T, PUBLICATIONS, CUSTOM TYPEFACES | 16 AUGUST 2009

Karl for T, the New York Times Style Magazine

With their 5th Anniversary issue, T, the New York Times Sunday style magazine, has unveiled their first complete redesign since the magazine was founded. As part of this redesign, Berton Hasebe has drawn a hairline Fraktur called Karl.
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