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Hermann

Hermann

by W Type Foundry
Individual Styles from $29.00
Complete family of 10 fonts: $159.00
Hermann Font Family was designed by Salvador Rodríguez, Diego Aravena Silo and published by W Type Foundry. Hermann contains 10 styles and family package options.

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About Hermann Font Family


Hermann is one of our most readable typefaces so far. Since last year, the W Design team had been examining closely the possibility of developing a text font. Thus, we dug into concepts within some of our favorite novels, such as The Steppenwolf and Brave New World, written by Hermann Hesse and Aldous Huxley respectively. Ideas like duality, surrealism, and wildness mainly appeared. With these concepts in mind, we analyzed carefully the typefaces used in both Hesse’s and Huxley’s creations; Sabon and Garamond showed up catching our attention and, of course, awakening our admiration. Consequently, the challenge was to combine the key features of these fonts with the concepts already identified. At first, we made a text font which was suitable to compose long texts. However, we realized that we needed to refine some characteristics to convey all the ideas. A full set of capital discretionary ligatures was designed, which convert Hermann in a display font when is required. We also designed swashes (from A-Z) and final forms (in letters h, k, m, n, r and x in romans, and in letters a, d, e, h, i, l, m, n, r, t, u, x and z in italics), conveying more dynamism and versatility when it comes to composing visually. Hermann was designed not only to be accurate in terms of legibility but also to be wild and bold. That is why we took a big leap and designed from the beginning a font that is inspired by the world of 20th-century novels, using the name of one of its greatest exponents, Hermann Hesse.

Designers: Salvador Rodríguez, Diego Aravena Silo

Publisher: W Type Foundry

Foundry: W Type Foundry

Design Owner: W Type Foundry

MyFonts debut: Nov 30, 2018

Hermann

About W Type Foundry

Originally form Santiago Chile, since 2016 we’ve worked collectively publishing typefaces designed by us and collaborators. Our goal is to produce quality fonts that meet current technological requirements keeping high aesthetic care. Our catalog offers designers, and brands a wide variety of typefaces, from super display fonts to functional branding tools. Additionally, we offer custom typography services as well as modifications and alterations to fonts from our catalog. Feel free to reach out to us at wtypefoundry.com We are always available to help!

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