Rand is a typeface belonging to a trio of fonts, with the other two being Plain (2014) and Apax(2016). Created by type designer Francois Rappo, this trio of fonts was devoted to his work in the grotesque genre, as he continued to research the minimalism of modernism through Plain and the visual language of constructivism…
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Antique Legacy by Optimo Type Foundry
At the heart of Optimo type design is the principle of timeless modernity, where old ideas and designs are combined with the new to create new cultural impacts on letterforms today. Antique Legacy, designed by Francois Rappo, a core member of the Optimo Type Foundry, was released in 2020 and is available for purchase on…
Optimo Type Foundry: Timeless Modernism
With origins in the late 90s, Optimo Type Foundry is the new generation of Swiss type design. Created in Geneva, Switzerland by the design trio Gilles Gavillet, Staphane Delgado, and David Rust, Optimo was started simply as a project for the three young designers to begin releasing their own fonts. This initiative had…