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04Typeface initiative & early design

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Our contribution began with the typeface initiative and first draft. The finished DR Publik family shown here was developed by DR Design and Overtone.

Client
DR
Year
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Role
Typeface initiative, first draft and the case for a shared typeface
Credits
Finished DR Publik family: DR Design and Overtone. Published specimens shown.
DR Publik / Published typeface presentation. Image: DR.
DR Publik / Published typeface presentation. Image: DR.

One voice.
Across platforms.

Our contribution began with the typeface initiative and first draft. The published specimens shown here document the finished DR Publik family, developed by DR Design and Overtone. Its standard, condensed, ultra-condensed, rounded and stencil forms give the broadcaster a shared typographic identity across platforms.

Character details. Published specimen: DR.
Character details. Published specimen: DR.
DR Publik Sans / Published specimen.
DR Publik Sans / Published specimen.
DR Publik Condensed / Published specimen.
DR Publik Condensed / Published specimen.
Typography across programme identities. Image: DR.
Typography across programme identities. Image: DR.
Project context & credits

Our work: the early typeface initiative, first draft and case for a shared typeface. The finished DR Publik family shown here was developed by DR Design and Overtone. DR credits Rasmus Lund Mathiesen, Nicolaj Bak, Niels Rinder, Christian Rahbek Olsen and Anders Thulin. These published specimens document the finished family.

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