Alja Herlah

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Alja Herlah Slovenian type designer, who co-founded Type Salon together with Krista Likar in Ljubljana in 2020. Alja's typefaces: Praz Slab and Praz Italic (2014). Developed during the 2014 Tipobrda workshop mentored by Domen Fras and Lucija Bratus. Alica (2015). A cursive slab serif heavily inktrapped typeface designed at TipoBrda 2015. Univerza Sans (2020, Type Salon). Univerza is not a take on Frutiger---it is Slovenian for "university". Alja writes: Univerza Sans was developed to mark the hundredth anniversery of University of Ljubljana. The style is influenced by the combination of Slovenian avant-garde with some recognizable forms that are known for Slovenian typography. Palsam Pro (2020, Abjad). This rounded sans typeface covers Latin and Arabic and was co-designed by Ali Almasri and Alja Herlah. Regarding the Arabic part, they write: The main highlight for Palsam was the cursive companion. For the first time, the calligraphic Ijaza style was used as a model for designing the Arabic cursive. The Ijaza is a hyper combination of Naskh and Thuluth, which makes it perfect to be a companion for the upright Naskh. Spektra (2020, Type salon). A black condensed sans by Krista Likar and Alja Herlah that combines five scripts: Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek and Hebrew. It also has a variable type with an italic axis. In 2021, Krista Likar and Alja Herlah published Plecnik, which is named after Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik. Plecnik is defined by classical elements and shapes, classic proportions, humanist stroke endings and low contast. It has a capital A with an overhang. Plecnik Display is quite different as it features flaring in every stroke. In 2021, Alja released Gizela (a dagger-edged all caps typeface), and wrote: Gizela shows her personality with a feminine, sensual, seductive and art deco vibes.	EXTERNAL LINKS Alja Herlah [Designer info] Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Slovenia ⦿ Typefaces and type design for Arabic ⦿ Greek/Coptic ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Variable fonts ⦿