Nel Lettertype troch Jasper Nijssen is in heech wurdearre winner fan de tige prestizjeuze 2022 A' Design Award yn Sulver yn de kompetysje-kategory Grafyk, Yllustraasje en Fisuele Kommunikaasje Ûntwerp.

SulverGrafysk· 2022

Nel Lettertype

troch Jasper Nijssen

Klant: Jasper Nijssen

A' Design Award yn Sulver Winner yn de kategory Grafysk

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Ferifiearre Priiswinner

Ferifiearje Prisstatus foar #131193

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It Untwerp

Oer Nel Lettertype

Dit lettertype is ûntwikkele mei de ûntwerper yn gedachten. Nel is in moderne lettertype mei in protte opsjes. De Reguliere ferzje bestiet út haad- en lytse letters, en nochal wat oare ynterpunksjes. De Nel Brickbuild is in boartlike sjabloanferzje en de Nel Dots is in stippele lettertype. De Nel hat ek in lichte en swiere styl mei byhearrende leuke ferzjes. Ikoanen (in lettertype foar alle ikoanen) hat it meast resinte lid west. D'r binne yn totaal njoggen opsjes om te mingjen en te matchen by it ûntwerpen fan bjusterbaarlike prints, posters, logo's, websiden of identiteiten. Ien famylje. Foar ûntwerpers.

De Erkenning

Oer de A' Design Award yn Sulver

Nel Lettertype is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver, in bûtengewoan prestisjeuze erkenning foar topûntwerpen dy't prachtich en yndrukwekkend binne. Sulverwinners binne tige briljante en ekstreem kreative wurken dy't de treflike ekspertize, it talint en de skerpsinnigens fan har ûntwerpers yllustrearje. Fan Nel Lettertype wurdt ferwachte dat it in prachtich foarbyldwurk is, opmerklik profesjoneel en djip ynnovatyf. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Sulver is in tige opfallende, bewûndere útfining dy't foardiel bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Nel Lettertype is in skepping dêr't breed oerjûn wurdt, dy't winsken wekker makket, positive gefoelens bringt en ferwûnderjen en fernuvering opwekket.

Efter it Untwerp

Parsepakket

Credits, teamleden en technyske details levere troch de ûntwerper.

Unike Eigenskippen: This typeface is developed with the designer in mind. Nel is a modern typeface with lots of options. The Regular version consists of UPPERCASE and lowercase letters, and quite a few other punctuation marks. The Nel Brickbuild is a playful stencil version and the Nel Dots is a dotted typeface. The Nel also has a light and heavy style with corresponding fun versions. There are nine options in total to mix and match while designing awesome prints, posters, logos, websites, or identities.
Ofmjittingen & Ferpakking: All fonts are available in OTF (local) and WOFF (web) files.
Labels: font, typeface, decorative, playful, letterdesign,
Produksjetechnology: The first sketches were doodles drawn on a lazy Sunday. Those doodles became a grid. The Regular consists of a width of three units and a height of nine units. Each unit is made up of a square of three by three subunits. The Light removes one sub-unit on either side to create a much thinner line and the Heavy adds a sub-unit. The fun, display styles are playful twists designed upon this base.
Untwerpútdaging: The whole Nel is based on the same grid, and design choices. So the design process of the letters went quite smoothly. This was strengthened by the fact that some letters share quite a few similarities (the b > d > p > q). Some are harder to fit in (the k and x). The main challenge was is defining the whitespace between the letters (kerning). The space needs to be different between every letter to look the same. There are quite a few combinations, so this takes a lot of time and effort.
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Ynspiraasje: During the "mixing and matching" of a few typefaces, the question arose: Wouldn't it be nice for a typeface to have a regular style for the body text and some eccentric, fun versions for headers or high-lighted text? This typeface would make it possible to use different styles and still be coherent.
Projektdoer: The main part of this project finished in January 2019 and is available on MyFonts.com. Although once in a while it gets an update. For example: Icons (an all icon font) has been added this February.
Operaasjestreamferrin: One of the hardest parts of designing a coherent layout is choosing which fonts to use. Nel solves this problem. All styles have their own characteristics, but they're all based on the same design choices. So all options can be mixed and matched with ease. Icons (the all icon font) has an extra. It's possible to combine glyphs. Example: When you type the capital i and 3, there's a bus and a silhouette. When you type the number sign (above the 3) instead of a 3, the human is inside the bus.
Ofbyldingskrediten: All images: Designer Jasper Nijssen, Visuals WBP Nel, 2022.