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PiS (was: Polenimschaufenster) [Hannes Siengalewicz]

Originally, a free font foundry by Hannes Siengalewicz (b. 1980), who studied MultiMediaArt, and who is based in Vienna. Typefaces include Stutter (2007, stitched letters), NeoPrint M319 (2006, destructionist), Cinquenta Mil Meticais, Creatinin PAP, Dinarjev Republika (2004, Cyrillic simulation face), Hans Hand, Hans Bold, Manastirka Punjeno, Sexton Sans (2004, destructionist face), Sexton Serif (2004), Union Agrochemicals, Zwiefalter Klosterbräu (script). Lietz Alexander Nero (2005) is free.

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In 2008, Polenimschaufenster went commercial and became PiS (sic).

The PiS fonts from before 2013 include PiS Lietz Lindham (2008, poster propaganda face, earlier called Lietz Lindau Hamburg (2006)), PiS Neo Print M319 (2008), PiS VinoZupa (2008, Wild West font based on a logo found on an old Slovenian bottle of brandy), PiS Hansch (2008, after graveyard lettering), PIS Coffee and Ghosts (2008, Halloween lettering based on the credit titles from the 1960s Edgar Wallace movie Der grüne Bogenschütze.), PiS Coffins and Ghosts (2008), and PiS Wallride (2008, grunge, brush).

Typefaces from 2013: PiS Hans Hand Pro (hand-printed), PiS Lietz Berlham, PiS Lietz Parilon (heavy blackletter), PiS Creatinin Pro, PiS Lietz Germion (a rounded script in the style of Viennese Jugendstil---Hannes writes: Kolo Moser is dancing an absinthe infused poster-polka! You should too!), PiS Lietz Rathoga (a font for space hero comics).

Typefaces from 2014: PiS Coalfield (scruffy scribbled typeface inspired by the expressive handwriting on various posters by Sister Corita Kent, an influential pop artist experimenting with serigraphs in the 60s), PiS Malefiz (inspired by the hand-drawn type on the package of the German 1960s version boardgame Malefiz, also known as Barricade or Barricata), PiS Penny Serenade (an all caps high-contrast Peignotian sans), PiS Wanderlust (a condensed sans headline typeface inspired by Die Schriften des Malers (1950), and by vintage hand painted signposts and guides found on hikes on the outskirts of Vienna).

Typefaces from 2018: PiS Konzert (a bulky quirky all caps headline sans, inspired by letters found on a hand drawn polish poster from the 1960s), PiS Koernig (PiS Koernig is inspired by handwritten alphabets from Max Körner's book Das Neue Schriftenbuch (1949) which features bold and decorative retro style display type for use in sign painting and advertising.

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