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Kiruna
About the font
Kiruna started when I stumbled upon the example above, used in a design from 1927, by the pioneering Dutch designer Piet Zwart..
There’s nothing particularly remarkable about the font he’s using here, but I liked the proportions of the letters, and it was enough to get me started.
A font can be characterised by a couple of distinctive characters, and I like the uncompromising sheared terminal on the upper leg of the K (or is it an arm when it’s up there?). Another distinctive feature is the bold spur on the lower case a.My primary objective was to come up with a classic sans-serif with old-style lower case a and g, and oblique terminals characteristic of many early twentieth century sans-serifs. I wanted to achieve a harmonious blend of humanist and geometric traits.
Presumably because they were hand drawn, many of those early twentieth century grotesque fonts have curiously idiosynchratic characters, a bit lumpy or uneven here and there. I was keen to avoid this, and so achieve an even result across the entire character set, to create a highly legible and practical text font, old but new.
KirunaAbout the font
Kiruna started when I stumbled upon the example above, used in a design from 1927, by the pioneering Dutch designer Piet Zwart..
There’s nothing particularly remarkable about the font he’s using here, but I liked the proportions of the letters, and it was enough to get me started.
A font can be characterised by a couple of distinctive characters, and I like the uncompromising sheared terminal on the upper leg of the K (or is it an arm when it’s up there?). Another distinctive feature is the bold spur on the lower case a.My primary objective was to come up with a classic sans-serif with old-style lower case a and g, and oblique terminals characteristic of many early twentieth century sans-serifs. I wanted to achieve a harmonious blend of humanist and geometric traits.
Presumably because they were hand drawn, many of those early twentieth century grotesque fonts have curiously idiosynchratic characters, a bit lumpy or uneven here and there. I was keen to avoid this, and so achieve an even result across the entire character set, to create a highly legible and practical text font, old but new.
Kiruna Light
Kiruna Book
Kiruna Medium
Kiruna Bold
Kiruna Black
Kiruna Book
Kiruna Medium
Kiruna Bold
Kiruna Black
Set in upper and lower case
Set in capitals
Set in Roman
Set in Oblique/Italic
Set in capitals
Set in Roman
Set in Oblique/Italic