Started as an “exploration of the Swiss neo-grotesque genre
during Fabian’s student days. After a variety of versions for his
own school projects, Diatype became a slightly lighter
Regular/Italic duo.” Made available on request via Dinamo
Standards. First publicly used in 2013 in Dan Solbach’s posters for
Oslo10, a temporary exhibition space in Basel. Extended in 2018 by
Elias Hanzer into a family of four weights plus italics and
monospaced styles. [Dinamo] Released in 2020.
As of 2024, the family counts seven subfamilies: five widths, a
monospaced and a semi-mono family.
Under art direction of Ethan Cohen, multiple non-Latin scripts
were added, all in regular width only. Arabic by Wael Morcos, Khajag Apelian and Lana Abou Soufeh; Vietnamese
by Đức Cao; Armenian by Gor
Jihanian; Devanagari by Kimya Gandhi; Cyrillic by Dinamo (Olga
Umpeleva); Georgian by Ana
Sanikidze; Greek by Panagiotis Haratzopoulos; Hebrew by Fontef ( Yanek Iontef & More…
Started as an “exploration of the Swiss neo-grotesque genre during Fabian’s student days. After a variety of versions for his own school projects, Diatype became a slightly lighter Regular/Italic duo.” Made available on request via Dinamo Standards. First publicly used in 2013 in Dan Solbach’s posters for Oslo10, a temporary exhibition space in Basel. Extended in 2018 by Elias Hanzer into a family of four weights plus italics and monospaced styles. [Dinamo] Released in 2020.
As of 2024, the family counts seven subfamilies: five widths, a monospaced and a semi-mono family.
Under art direction of Ethan Cohen, multiple non-Latin scripts were added, all in regular width only. Arabic by Wael Morcos, Khajag Apelian and Lana Abou Soufeh; Vietnamese by Đức Cao; Armenian by Gor Jihanian; Devanagari by Kimya Gandhi; Cyrillic by Dinamo (Olga Umpeleva); Georgian by Ana Sanikidze; Greek by Panagiotis Haratzopoulos; Hebrew by Fontef ( Yanek Iontef & Daniel Grumer) and Thai by Boom Promphan Suksumek.
