A contemporary revival of a 19th-century Belgian metal display typeface from the Fonderie Typographique A. Vanderborght & Dumont, built with variable font technology and distinguished by atypical lowercase letterforms.
About
ST Brel originates from the 'Typo Belgiëque' research project examining Belgium's typographic heritage, translating an unusual metal type specimen into a usable digital format. The double-storey 'g' and single-storey 'a' are the most prominent features setting it apart from conventional serif revivals. Though conceived as a display face, it holds legibility well at text sizes, and variable font construction makes it well suited to responsive web and screen contexts.
Classification
A display serif revival drawn from a 19th-century Belgian metal typeface, with quirky lowercase letterforms – notably the single-storey 'a' and double-storey 'g' variants – that give it an eccentric character suited to large-scale editorial and advertising use.