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Giramisu

Phospho · Roland Hörmann · 2024

scriptmonoline scriptcondenseditalic
Giramisu specimen from Phospho

A variable monoline script by Roland Hörmann, spanning three widths and three slant directions — from tight left-leaning to wide upright — drawn from neon signage and street-tagging traditions.

About

Giramisu shifts across a variable design space defined by width (Tight to Wide) and slant (Left, Straight, Right), covering a range of -26 to 26 degrees. Letters connect throughout most of the design space, with deliberate gaps at tighter settings to maintain legibility, and isolated capital forms support all-caps setting. Honoured with the JBA Award 2024 in bronze.

Classification

A monoline connected script drawing formal influence from 20th-century neon signage and urban tagging. The uniform stroke weight and fluid letterforms place it firmly in the script category, with display intentions throughout its variable design space.

Weights

Regular

Optical sizes and widths

TightStandardWide

Family

Giramisu Variable Right TightGiramisu Variable Straight TightGiramisu Variable Left TightGiramisu Variable RightGiramisu Variable StraightGiramisu Variable LeftGiramisu Variable Right WideGiramisu Variable Straight WideGiramisu Variable Left WideGiramisu Right TightGiramisu Straight TightGiramisu Left TightGiramisu RightGiramisu StraightGiramisu LeftGiramisu Right WideGiramisu Straight WideGiramisu Left Wide

Languages

Latin

Tags

scriptmonolineneonvariabledisplayurbanconnectedsignage

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