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Signa Set

Optimo · Team’77 (André Gürtler, Christian Mengelt, Erich Gschwind)

sans-serifhumanist sans
Signa Set specimen from Optimo

Team’77's Signa, first place in the 1978 Lettre d'Or competition, digitised as a warm sans with subtle calligraphic flares.

About

Signa was drawn for phototypesetting by André Gürtler, Christian Mengelt and Erich Gschwind and won Bobst Graphic's Lettre d'Or in 1978. Signa Set adapts it for digital setting: a rigorous modernist sans with a fluid ductus and slight flaring at the stroke ends. It runs from Light to Bold.

Classification

A 1970s phototype sans with calligraphic flaring at the stroke ends, digitised and adapted from Team’77's Signa.

Weights

LightRegularMediumBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

humanistsans-serifflared1970sswissrevivaleditorial

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