Galapagos

Fabian Harb

Just as the Galapagos Islands house vast numbers of bird species, the Galapagos Typeface encompasses a range of alphabets whose forms evolve from one another. Composed from the same 9 modules into 7 alphabets of different styles: Round, Straight, Angular, and all their combinations. The result is a total of 70 fonts: Using Stylistic Sets, all characters can move up and down the grid.

Images of Galapagos

  1. Image 1 — DINAMO GalapagosType 2 (Galapagos)
  2. Image 2 — DINAMO GalapagosType 3 (Galapagos)
  3. Image 3 — DINAMO GalapagosType (Galapagos)

    Fabian Harb, Switzerland (2018)

    Fabian Harb is a graphic designer based in Basel, Switzerland. Together with Johannes Breyer he runs the digital typefoundry Dinamo. To date, they have been releasing more than 20 typeface...

    Read full biography
    https://a-g-i.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/FabianHarb/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_75_none/DINAMO_GalapagosType_2.jpeg
    https://a-g-i.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/FabianHarb/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_75_none/DINAMO_GalapagosType_3.jpeg
    https://a-g-i.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/FabianHarb/_1600xAUTO_crop_center-center_75_none/DINAMO_GalapagosType.jpeg
    1/3
    • Galapagos, 2017

      3 items, Editorial

    • Close

    Just as the Galapagos Islands house vast numbers of bird species, the Galapagos Typeface encompasses a range of alphabets whose forms evolve from one another. Composed from the same 9 modules into 7 alphabets of different styles: Round, Straight, Angular, and all their combinations. The result is a total of 70 fonts: Using Stylistic Sets, all characters can move up and down the grid.

    • Client:

    • A collaboration with Felix Salut
    • Sector:

    • Countries:

    • Disciplines:

    • Details:

    • Digital
    • Print
    • Typeface
    • Typography
    Fabian Harb, Switzerland (2018)

    Fabian Harb is a graphic designer based in Basel, Switzerland. Together with Johannes Breyer he runs the digital typefoundry Dinamo.
    To date, they have been releasing more than 20 typeface, oscillating between commercial and cultural contexts. Next to offering a retail typeface catalogue, Dinamo has been commissioned to design exclusive alphabets for Kunsthalle Zürich, Warp Records, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Acqua di Parma, Istituto Svizzero, SSENSE, the Estonian Pavillon at the Venice Biennial, Nike, Yale Architecture Press, Rimowa, The Monthly, the Cyprus Pavillon at the Venice Biennial, MIT Boston, the German Pavillon at the Venice Biennial, Manifesta, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Tumblr.
    In 2017 Dinamo was awarded with a Swiss Design Award.

    Agencies

    plus
    • Dinamo