Montankers Typeface

Editorial Design
Project Details
Software: Illustrator, Photoshops, & Glyphs 3
Year: 2022
Historical typeface research merged with typographic design resulting in a new blackletter typeface.
Project Description

Inspired by researching American Type Foundries 30 Point Yonkers Metal Type from 1892, Montankers breathes new life into the historic typeface and is refined for digital purposes. blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was an evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life.Inspired by American Type Foundries 30 Point Yonkers Metal Type from 1892, Montankers breathes new life into the historic typeface and is refined for digital purposes

Descrbing Intersections

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

IDentity Inspiration
Logo Deconstruction
Wayfinding System
WAyfinding Signage
Exhibit Signage
Historic PRecedent

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Book System Design
Community Printed
Serif Book Page Spreads

Click to see more the introduction pages and some more spreads of the book

Final Book
Send Again

Bozeman Climbing Team
Dans Vans
Biocene Foundation
Montana Mountaineering Assosciation
Peter Strand
Civics Under the Big Sky
Gallatin History Museum
The Climbing Project
Project Direct Coaching
Positioning
Visual Identity
Typography
Branded Publications

Here is an example of the civics templates CUBS provides to educators, club advisors, and students the resources they need to teach relevant themes around democracy in the classroom. The design is an extension of the brand an intends to be informative, playful, an easy to use

Stationery
A Nod to the Old school

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

A crucial Illustration
Means of Distribution
Branding & Website

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Social Media

One deliverable for the campaign was establishing a social media presence and templates for future social media posts. The social media profile was determined to be more of a point of reference for potential voters seeking to learn more about Strand rather than a platform for campaigning

Collateral Material
Individual Annimation

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Projection Installation

Instagram Posts

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Design Research

Logo Deconstruction

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Final Variations

APP IDENTITY

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Icon Systems

Production Logo

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Frames
Historic PRecedent

Montankers seeks to bring the character and attitude of blackletter typefaces into the 21st century. However, the roots of blackletter stem back to an era before pixels and laser jet printers. Montankers is a reimagined edition of the American Type Foundry’s Yonkers typeface originally casted for Letterpress printing. The original Yonkers Typefaces is an American interpretation of a German Schwabacher typefaces that was a evolution of Gothic Textualis based off of Humanist typography from 15th Century Italy. Montankers continues the structural qualities of the Schwabacher blackletter style but allows Yonkers to live a digital life

Visual History
Yonkers Letterpress

Printed from the original ATF 30 Point Yonkers Typeface

Yonkers Digital Trace

Digital trace of the Yonkers letterpress to create Bezier vector

Refined Montankers

Refined Yonkers to a more functional typeface, Montankers

Monktakers over Yonkers

Comparison of Montankers over Yonkers Digital Trace

TypeFace In Use

Other Work

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