Samba is Brazil

At the 2014 World Cup, Nike used the Samba font, by Tony de Marco & Caio de Marco, to write on the back of the official Brazilian national football team’s jersey crest: “born to play football”. The Samba font was previously awarded at the Linotype International Type Design Contest 2003.

LOKE JUDO

LOKE JUDO is a local judo club in the Basque Country with 230 members ranging in age from 5 to 45.

The rebranding aims to unite the club’s two cultural identities: Japanese and Basque. I created a custom typeface for “LOKE JUDO,” using a vertical composition and shapes inspired by Japanese calligraphy, which allows both cultures to coexist within a single visual identity. The typeface reads like Western typography, yet it also evokes a Japanese symbol.

BOULDERING SUCKS

BOULDERING SUCKS ist eine typografische Provokation mit einem Augenzwinkern. Die handgezeichneten Lettern erinnern an grobe Holzschnitte und historische Letterpress-Drucke – roh und eigenwillig. Eine Marke, die für ihre Leidenschaft zum Bouldern steht, spielt bewusst mit diesem Widerspruch. Für ein kleines Label wird daraus ein aufmerksamkeitsstarkes Statement, das im visuellen Dauerfeuer hängen bleibt, provoziert und zum zweiten Blick einlädt.

Omloop Nieuwsblad

The design of this poster is directly inspired by the origin of the race itself, which owes its name to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. To capture this heritage, the typography mimics a raw “cut-and-paste” aesthetic, reminiscent of dynamic newspaper clippings slapped together in a chaotic yet deliberate collage. Bold, distorted letterforms and gritty textures reflect the raw intensity, grit, and cycling culture of the Flemish Cobbled Classics.

l’enfer du nord

This poster started as a typographic experiment. I wanted to capture the rawness and weight of Paris–Roubaix and its rugged surroundings by creating a custom typeface inspired by the race’s iconic cobblestones.

Hero or Zero ?

The fine line between being celebrated and ignored often comes down to a few milliseconds or millimeters. Using a typeface associated with the visual language of Olympic sports, this composition shows how one letter can make the difference between being a Hero or being a Zero. The dedication and preparation of elite athletes are remarkably similar; the difference emerges in the final moment, when the smallest margin can be exponentially rewarding—or devastating.

Play on: Dynamic Squad

The biggest enemy of sport is every excuse not to show up, keep going, or simply give up. For Dynamic Squad, a basketball project inspiring children and young people to love the game, we created a campaign that activates their inner motivation coach. Under the motto “Play on,” it encourages them to get back up after every fall, setback or defeat. The emotional campaign launches a dynamic new brand identity whose typography makes the energy of basketball tangible.

RED STAR FC – BETON Season Campaign 25/26

The BETON campaign captures Red Star FC’s transformation by celebrating imperfection instead of hiding construction. Built around raw concrete textures, hand-cut typography and a reduced, minimal palette, it turns Stade Bauer’s renovation into an honest design language. As the club’s new identity, BETON bridges architecture and communication, turning resilience, truth and belonging into a lasting cultural statement.

Wiener Sport-Club

The campaign captures the unique spirit of Wiener Sport-Club by celebrating its history, humor and strong sense of community instead of relying on traditional football clichés. Built around authentic local expressions, a bold black-and-white visual language and the Tausend typeface by Christoph Koeberlin, it reflects the club’s identity with honesty and warmth. As the launch of a new brand identity, the campaign strengthened recognition, united supporters and became part of fan culture as poster

Sports in Type

The poster transforms Olympic sports including badminton, table tennis, tennis, basketball, and volleyball into images composed of dense characters and symbols. Type becomes both the basic unit of the image and a reference to how public sporting events are translated through text, data, and media. Familiar objects become strangely unfamiliar, yet remain recognizable through form and shared visual memory.

Bring It On Series 02

The poster was originally created for the 2026 Chinese Year of the Horse. A horse in motion is captured through deliberate blur, while distorted typography turns “放马过来 2026” and “BRING IT ON!” into traces of speed. The Chinese phrase plays on the horse itself while also meaning to accept a challenge, connecting zodiac culture with the speed, force, and competitive spirit of equestrian sport.

Bring It On Series 01

The poster transforms the Chinese zodiac horse and the characters “放马过来 2026” into a visual language of speed and competition. The geometric horse evokes racing and equestrian motion, while the stretched, sharp typography conveys force and tension. “放马过来,” meaning “bring it on,” echoes the courage and challenge of sport, turning Chinese type into a form of movement.

FC Sans Pauli – Typography for FC St. Pauli

FC Sans Pauli features a distinctive back-slant that reflects the club’s left-wing attitude, inspired by the graffiti and tape art of Hamburg’s St. Pauli district. With seven styles and support for 200+ languages, it covers every communication need while ensuring consistency across platforms. By replacing multiple fonts, it saves resources, reduces environmental impact and strengthens the club’s identity worldwide.

ARQUIBANCADA

For ARQUIBANCADA magazine’s visual identity and graphic design, a typographic system was developed, highlighting the magazine’s dialogic nature and exploring the unpredictable movement of a crowd.

The objective of this graphic design was to convey the physical experience of visiting a stadium. The cover, with its arrangement of texts cut out like a detached paper, alludes to a ticket, just like the issues were numbered like the seats in the immensity of a stadium.

Sport in Art magazine

Original Czech magazine Sport in Art designed by Milan Nedvěd from issue 1 to 9 (2024–2025). It explores the intersection of sport and contemporary art and design. Each issue dedicated to a specific sports topics. It uses Shreck Mono by Pizza Typefaces, which is wildly stretched. It jumps, it bends, it schrunches. Just like our bodies when sport. Secondary typeface is disciplined and elegant Suisse Works by Swiss Typefaces.

Call for Entries: Slanted Magazine #49—SPORTS

We are excited to announce a new open call for submissions for an upcoming edition of Slanted Magazine dedicated to SPORTS—with a strong focus on TYPOGRAPHY.

Sport has produced some of the most distinctive visual languages—but also an incredible amount of generic and interchangeable branding. We want to look beyond that! We are searching for outstanding typography in sports: typefaces, custom lettering, numbers, jerseys, posters, publications, signage, stadium graphics, identities, events, digital applications, and more.

We are particularly interested in work beyond the obvious and commercial: local clubs, niche sports, fan cultures, subcultures, independent labels, vernacular typography, experimental projects, and hidden gems.

What happens when typography doesn’t just brand sport, but becomes part of its culture, identity, movement, and attitude? Show us TYPE in SPORTS.

All creatives are invited to submit their work along with a statement or quote via the online form. Text submissions in the form of essays and articles on cultural and creative topics related to SPORTS + DESIGN can be submitted via email.

All submissions will be carefully reviewed and curated. Selected contributors will be contacted and receive a discount code to order the magazine upon its release.

📅 Submission Deadline: Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
📅 Publication: End of April 2027

Very much looking forward to your submissions!

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Canyon Challenge Roth The Documentary Key Visual

Dynamic key visual, digital assets, thumbnails, as well as a poster and ticket for the premiere of Canyons’ documentary on the ‘Challenge Roth’ triathlon. The documentary shows what it takes to organise this classic event and highlights why it is so significant for the participating triathletes. The 25-minute documentary offers a glimpse behind the scenes, reveals the magic of the organisation and introduces the people who make the event possible. It also explores the relationships between spect

Stylenoir Script

Stylenoir Script is a new display typeface from The Northern Block type foundry.

Taking inspiration from hand-painted signage, brush lettering, and urban graffiti culture, its design reflects the ongoing evolution of lettering by combining traditional craftsmanship with the vibrant energy of street graffiti.

The type family includes two styles: Smooth and Rough. Smooth offers a refined, polished look with clean lines while maintaining expressive movement and handwritten rhythm. Rough emphasises the raw quality of brush lettering through textured edges, subtle imperfections, and organic irregularities, recreating the appearance of lettering made with a dry brush or marker.

Spacing, letter connections, and visual rhythm were carefully considered to ensure a strong visual impact. Contextual and stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, and alternate connecting forms allow the script to capture the organic unpredictability of real brush lettering while maintaining consistency across modern print and digital environments.

Learn more about The Northern Block here.

Foundry: The Northern Block
Type Designer: Tasos Varipatis

Creative Lead: Donna Wearmouth
Styles: 2

Pricing:
Single weights from £79.95
Full family from £109.95

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Abschlussmagazin

The graduation magazine from HfG Offenbach brings together the diploma projects of 93 graduates from the years 2023 and 2024. Across 368 pages, the publication presents 183 diploma projects from the fields of art and design, spanning five theoretical and 19 practical subject areas. Texts in both German and English offer access to the diverse perspectives, approaches, and ideas developed by the graduates.

The magazine opens with a visual table of contents that functions not only as an orientation tool but also as a creative introduction to the publication and its wide range of projects. Following the foreword, the practical diploma projects are presented alongside insights into the accompanying theoretical theses, creating a dialogue between making, thinking, research, and experimentation. A specially developed guidance system runs throughout the publication, connecting the different areas of content and helping readers navigate the magazine. Instead of relying on traditional page numbers, the system creates a visual thread that links the projects and provides a sense of continuity across the 368 pages.

The cover further emphasizes the individual character of the publication. It consists of a sheet of stickers that readers can use to customize the cover themselves. By choosing, arranging, and combining the stickers, each reader can create their own version of the magazine. As a result, every copy becomes a unique object and reflects the experimental and participatory spirit of the graduation projects presented inside.

The publication is also shortlisted for the Förderpreis für junge Buchgestalter, awarded by Stiftung Buchkunst, recognizing its distinctive approach to editorial design, visual communication, and the relationship between content and form.

Abschlussmagazin—Final Theses and Projects of the HfG Offenbach of 2023 and 2024

Publisher: HfG Offenbach (Prof. Dr. Brigitte Franzen)
Editor: HfG Offenbach (Katja Kupfer & Jens Balkenborg)
Concept and Design: Helene Hohmann
Release: July 2025
Format: 19 × 28 cm
Volume: 368 p.
Language: German, English
Fonts in use: DO Trax, Mule & MUle Mono (Samira Schneuwly)
ISBN: 978-3-945365-56-4
Price: €15.–

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Images: © Helene Hohmann

Constrictor

Constrictor, a new type family released by Frere-Jones Type in June 2026, began as a title sketch for a documentary about Margaret Lovatt, who was part of a NASA funded project which set out to communicate with dolphins and ended up dosing them with LSD. Shallcrass layered this rich input with typographic history, experiences and memories from the physical world to create a variable font family which radiates an energetic presence and has movement at its core. According to Shallcrass, “Danger, tension and anxiety are key aspects of why the face works to me.”

Constrictor’s variable width axis impacts our perception of noise when read: expand the letters and you can feel the rhythm ease; compress them and the letterforms begin to grip each other like a boa constrictor finding its hold. Movement is also a fundamental component of the static Constrictor styles: from the loose and shimmering X-Wide to the almost unbearably tight X-Condensed, Constrictor has the ability to shift cadence, accelerating or keeping tempo to move with the rhythms of the world.

Constrictor is available from Frere-Jones Type. The family comes in one variable and six static fonts, contains support for over 200 languages, and starts at US$60 for a single style.

Fred Shallcrass, grew up in Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is a Typeface Designer at Frere-Jones Type in New York, teaches typeface design at Parsons and is an instructor in the Type@cooper program.

Constrictor

Foundry: Frere-Jones Type
Design: Fred Shallcrass
Styles: 6
Release date: 23.6.2026

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adidas Podium – Wayfinding & Spatial Typography

Melville Brand Design translated the adidas DNA into a custom typographic signage system for the “Podium” campus building. Typography serves as an architectural anchor, fusing functional wayfinding with curated art (feat. Anna Rupprecht, Fillin Guas, Gabe) and digital installations like the Sneaker Mapping Wall. An interplay of type, space, and sports culture that conveys identity while guiding people through the space.

Beyond the Photograph

What happens when the visual identity for a photography festival is built without photographs?

For the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026, dipshop developed a visual identity based on three phenomena that are usually present in photographs but rarely become the subject themselves: depth of field, lens flares and burned film. Rather than treating them as technical side effects, we turned them into the building blocks of the festival’s graphic language. The resulting identity shifts attention away from photographic representation and towards the medium’s overlooked elements—those that shape how we see images, yet often remain invisible. This approach emerged from the curatorial framework’s interest in voices and perspectives that exist outside dominant narratives. By elevating photography’s peripheral phenomena, the identity proposes another way of looking at the medium itself.

The 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026, titled “Alliance, Infinity, Love – in the Face of the Other,” celebrates the creative potential of connection, infinity, and love while also calling for responsibility toward the Other.The festival aims to highlight a broad spectrum of photographic voices—from established to emerging artists, from widely recognized to overlooked perspectives that challenge dominant narratives, bring forgotten stories back into focus, and build bridges across social and cultural divides.

The 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026

When?
June 5th–September 22th, 2026

Finissage 
September 20th

Visual Identity: dipshop
Graphic Design & Realisation of Print Media: Leon Lechner
Publication Design: Katharina Hetzeneder
Architecture and Graphic Design Deichtorhallen: Jutta Wasser
Graphic Design & Production Triennale der Photographie Hamburg: Evelyn Nossol

Ferro

Ferro is a type family that turns information loss into a design principle, bridging Renaissance metal type and the early computer age. It began as a display face for CodeX, an editorial project on digital cultures whose second issue, designed by the collective Bonjour Monde, explored media archaeology and the French Minitel, asking how medium-specific works can survive once the technologies that produced them disappear.wide

Its source is the Annales Suevici, printed in 1595, whose roman, italic, and blackletter Ferro reinterprets rather than restores. A custom set of scripts, derived from Arman Mohtadji’s vector distortion tool Magnet Mike, repeatedly forces the letterforms through grids of varying resolutions, producing unstable shapes that oscillate between preservation and collapse.

Instead of conventional weights, the family unfolds in four progressive stages of digital decay across Regular, Italic, Black, and monospaced companions. Ferro Black recasts the original Fraktur as a structural, text-friendly layer rather than ornament. Named after ferrofluids, liquids that erupt into spikes under magnetic fields, Ferro shifts from calm, historically grounded structures toward fractured, near-abstract forms. Erosion is treated not as damage but as a productive force: history as unstable material, continuously rewritten through transmission, interpretation, and technical constraint.

Learn More about Plain Form here.

Ferro

Foundry: Plain Form
Design: Lucas Descroix, Bonjour Monde

Team: Benjamin Dumond, Arman Mohtadji
Styles: 24
Release date: 2026
Glyph count: ca. 540 glyphs
Coverage: Latin Extended