Kass
Cinketype · Tibor Szikora · 2024
A display script drawn from the all-caps cursive handwriting and etchings of Hungarian illustrator János Kass, with 12 styles and characteristic connections between letters.
About
Tibor Szikora developed Kass by studying the distinctive lettering of János Kass, whose all-caps cursive style produced unusual and expressive joins between characters. The typeface captures that idiosyncratic quality, translating a specific illustrator's hand into a structured type family of 12 styles. Each style contains 320 glyphs, with the family updated as recently as June 2024.
Classification
Based on the handwritten and etched lettering of Hungarian illustrator János Kass, Kass is an all-caps cursive script with distinctive character connections drawn from a specific illustrator's hand, placing it firmly in the display script category.