November, global type system

Peter Bilak

November type system is developed in collaboration with indigenous communities throughout the world, the system supports language preservation efforts, and languages large and small. November type system is designed for accessibility and optimal legibility for global communication and local readers. It is a massive project, taking eight years of work so far, involving over 60 designers world-wide, and supporting over 90% of the world speakers.

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    Peter Bilak, Netherlands (2006)

    Peter Biľak works in the field of editorial, graphic, and type design. In 1999 he started Typotheque type foundry, in 2000, together with Stuart Bailey he co-founded art & design...

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    November type system is developed in collaboration with indigenous communities throughout the world, the system supports language preservation efforts, and languages large and small. November type system is designed for accessibility and optimal legibility for global communication and local readers. It is a massive project, taking eight years of work so far, involving over 60 designers world-wide, and supporting over 90% of the world speakers.

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    Peter Bilak, Netherlands (2006)

    Peter Biľak works in the field of editorial, graphic, and type design. In 1999 he started Typotheque type foundry, in 2000, together with Stuart Bailey he co-founded art & design journal Dot Dot Dot, in 2012 he started Works That Work, a magazine of unexpected creativity, in 2015 together with Andrej Krátky he co-founded Fontstand.com, a font rental platform. He collaborates with the choreographer Lukas Timulak on creation of modern dance performances, and together they started Make-Move-Think.org, a foundation for interdisciplinary artistic collaborations. Peter is teaching at the Type & Media, postgraduate course at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague.