Tegner
Studio Linda Hintz · Linda Hintz · 2024
A unicase display typeface inspired by 1911 Copenhagen exhibition lettering, with square outer forms, organic interiors and a decorative filled space character.
About
Tegner takes its name from the Museum of Rudolph Tegner in north Zealand, where a poster from a 1911 Den Frie exhibition supplied the original letterforms. The unicase design treats uppercase and lowercase as a single dancing set, with the a and g sharing the same form simply flipped. Accented characters extend coverage to central European languages, and stylistic alternates include a heart-shaped space and a cat .notdef glyph.
Classification
A display typeface with a deliberately unconventional unicase structure, square exteriors and organic interiors, inspired by early 20th-century exhibition lettering. Its idiosyncratic forms and filled space characters place it firmly in the display category.