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Jan Hendrik Weber

Hendrik Weber or Jan Hendrik Weber. Graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam (in graphic design) and Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig (in type design).

He designed commercial typefaces published at Our Type. Later he joined Monotype to advise clients on bespoke type and develop new markets in branding. In 2016, he became type director at Monotype Germany. After that, he joined Fred Smeijers' Type By. His typefaces:

  • The Lirico family at (2008, Ourtype, and later Type By). This text family is slightly organic, flirts with hairline connectors, and is characterized by triangular serifs. Lirico won an award at TDC2 2009.
  • Edward and Edward Plus (2008, Ourtype, and later Type By): Edward is named in honour of Edward Johnston, calligrapher, teacher, and author of Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering (1906). [...] The inspiration behind Edward will be immediately recognizable: the 'blockletter' Johnston designed for the London Underground in 1916, for use in their signs and posters.
  • The free typeface Northstream Wind (2016, Monotype).
  • Weber's custom design for Bentley Motors nailed him the Red Dot Award in 2014.
  • The crisp branding sans typeface family Unitext (2018, Monotype).
  • He was part of a team at Monotype that developed Helvetica Now in 2019 at Monotype, together with Charles Nix and others. Monotype writes: Every single glyph of Helvetica has been redrawn and redesigned for this expansive new edition which preserves the typeface's Swiss mantra of clarity, simplicity and neutrality, while updating it for the demands of contemporary design and branding. Helvetica Now comprises 48 fonts, consisting of three distinct optical sizes: Micro, Text and Display. In 2021, he took part in the development of Helvetica Now Variable (Monotype). Helvetica Now Variable was designed by Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Monotype Studio, Friedrich Althausen, Malou Verlomme, Jan Hendrik Weber and Emilios Theofanous and published by Monotype. Monotype writes: Helvetica Now Variable gives you over a million new Helvetica styles in one state-of-the-art font file (over two-and-a-half million with italics!). Use it as an extension of the Helvetica Now family or make custom-blends from its weights (Hairline to ExtraBlack), optical sizes (four point to infinity), and new Compressed and Condensed widths. It contains 144 static styles.
  • Corporate typefaces developed as part of the team at brand agency KMS TEAM in Munich: Bentley Motors (this received a Red Dot award in 2014), Canyon Bikes.

His thesis Kursiv has been published by Niggli Verlag in 2010. In 2020, Niggli published his English language book Italic.

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