g02 - stone alphabet

stone alphabet • 1 •
stone alphabet
letter A • 1 •
letter A letter B • 2 •
letter B letter C • 3 •
letter C letter D • 4 •
letter D letter E • 5 •
letter E letter F • 6 •
letter F letter G • 7 •
letter G letter H • 8 •
letter H letter I • 9 •
letter I letter J • 10 •
letter J letter K • 11 •
letter K letter L • 12 •
letter L letter M • 13 •
letter M letter N • 14 •
letter N letter O • 15 •
letter O letter P • 16 •
letter P letter Q • 17 •
letter Q letter R • 18 •
letter R letter S • 19 •
letter S letter T • 20 •
letter T letter U • 21 •
letter U letter V • 22 •
letter V letter W • 23 •
letter W letter X • 24 •
letter X letter Y • 25 •
letter Y letter Z • 26 •
letter Z

g02 - stone alphabet

stone alphabet for a fountain
2018

 

 

 Dom Hans van der Laan created a typeface based on the Roman carved stone capitals that were used in the first century AD, declining the plastischgetal  which was a reflection through numbers to find an harmony in the relations among things, either buildings, courts,typefaces.

The typeface is named Alfabet in steen .

 

We would like to honor the Flemish tradition reinterpreting the Alfabet in steen  and a classical tradition which is rooted in the Italian Renaissance.

 

In scale 1 to 1 the type body would measure 50 mm, to invite a comfortable readability from distance.

The lenght of the lines would have a variable measure, between 40 and 60 characters counting both types and empty spaces, for a variable lenght of 80 and 120 centimeters.