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> Inspired by the old signages system in Sweden I am interested in this part. Which signage system does it refer to? It does not immediately ring a bell for me
by mongol 3y ago
> Inspired by the old signages system in Sweden
I am interested in this part. Which signage system does it refer to? It does not immediately ring a bell for me.
- jffry 3y agoI found a Guardian article [1] which quotes one of the people involved: "We started to think about how it would work with different typefaces, then started mood boards with different fonts and pictures – especially of old Swedish signs we'd seen from the 1940s and 50s," said Jesper Robinell, Söderhavet’s head of design. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/14/sweden-sans-designers-create-national-font https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/14/sweden-sans-de...
- mongol 3y agoI was originally thinking of the old Stockholm subway signage typeface. But it does not look similar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esseltub https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esseltub https://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Esseltub-Regular https://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Esseltub-Regular