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ABOUT

Gunnar Vilhjalmsson

Icelandic designer and type designer in Reykjavik who co-created the experimental display typeface Skuggasveinn with Siggi Eggertsson in 2005. He also co-designed Grasrot (2005). Old URL. Graduate from the type design program at the University of Reading in 2010, where his thesis typeface was Germain. Germain is a sturdy typeface that has some calligraphic origins (especially of course for its Arabic weight). The Latin appears to be a manly workhorse.

Ryman Eco is a free multilined typeface created in 2014 by Dan Rhatigan and Gunnar Vilhjálmsson at Monotype that satisfies its two design goals---beauty and economy (it uses 33% less ink than a normal text font).

In 2015, he developed a bespoke typeface for The Gourmand Magazine in cooperation with The Gourmand's artistic director, David Lane. The resulting typefaces, Gourmand Grotesque 777 and 888 won a bronze medal at the 2015 European design Awards competition.

Speaker at and coorganizer of ATypI 2011 in Reykjavik.

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