Typeface of the Month: WT Volkolak
By Wraith Types
We are delighted to present you our Typeface of the Month: WT Volkolak. The typeface is the latest release of the new Swiss type foundry Wraith Types, which we also present to you today for the first time.
WT Volkolak is a type system designed by Guillaume Jean-Mairet, exploring the common structure shared by didones and grotesque typefaces. It is available in three styles, a Serif, a Grotesque, and a contrasted Sans, and in four optical sizes, which provide designers with a plethora of typesetting options. The family was published by Wraith Types, an upcoming Swiss type foundry.
A Were-Wolf of a Typeface
Intrigued by the idea that typefaces stylistically as different as Didot and Helvetica shared a similar structure, WT Volkolak was designed from both ends of the spectrum at the same time, and many stylistic features stem from this process, such as the serif’s single story “a,” and the grotesque’s double story “g.” This bipolar identity gives the typeface a quirky yet sturdy visual touch, as the contrasting ends of the spectrum both influence the structure at the same time.
A Tool for Designers
With the original idea in mind, the development of the typeface followed Guillaume’s will to create a toolbox for graphic designers, each style working both on its own as well as mixed with the other two, and the numerous optical sizes offer a flexible product. Over the centuries, craftsmen learned the importance of their tools, and reflecting this, WT Volkolak is meant as a tool graphic designers can slowly build their collections up to, with the guarantee that the style they start with can at any time be upgraded with any of the two other matching styles. Given the rise of variable fonts, the typeface is also being adapted to the GX variable format, and a Cyrillic version is starting to see the light of day.
Typeface of the Month: WT Volkolak
Foundry: Wraith Types
Designer: Guillaume Jean-Mairet
Release: January 2020
File Formats: otf, ttf, woff
Styles and Weights: Grotesque, Serif (Poster, Display, Text, Caption), Sans (Poster, Display, Text), and matching Italics for all styles
Price Single Style: $ 50.–, Grotesque: $ 300.–, Sans: $ 350.–, Serif: $ 400.–
Price Full Family: $ 700.–
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