Memoria
Eliott Grunewald · Arnaud Chemin
A contemporary reinterpretation of rustic broad-nib lettering rooted in Swiss Germanic stone-carving traditions, featuring condensed uppercase forms, circular 'O' constructions and up to 20 stylistic sets.
About
Designed by Arnaud Chemin, Memoria takes its structural cue from a type specimen in Sepp Jakob and Donatus M. Leicher's Schrift und Symbol (1977), expanding the original all-caps model with a full lowercase set. Condensed letterforms sit alongside circular 'O/o' constructions and a generous library of playful alternates, striking a balance between geometric order and the dynamic tensions of hand lettering. The result carries visual affinities with Roger Excoffon's Banco and Rudolf Koch's Neuland, suited to posters, album covers and expressive typographic identity work.
Classification
Memoria draws on rustic broad-nib lettering and stone-carving traditions with strong blackletter influence, condensed all-caps forms and geometric modular construction, placing it firmly in the display category with a blackletter-adjacent subcategory.