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With McQueen, Cigarsauerkraut’s art director Enrico Kunze found the perfect match for Psychotherapist Katrin Terwiel’s vision.

Fonts in use: The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the National Museum Zurich.

The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the Swiss National Museum Zurich.

Fonts in Use: Neue DIN typeface for Baugenossenschaft Zuffenhausen

Baugenossenschaft Zuffenhausen

The basis of the new BGZ logo is the semibold variant of Neue DIN XWide, which is also used as the corporate font. The capital G in the logo has been modified in such a way that it builds a bridge to its serif predecessor, which served the brand for over 100 years.

Fontwerk.com 2.0: Introducing our new website

Fontwerk.com 2.0 – new, improved and easier to use

Over two years in the making, we are proud and over the moon to finally release our brand new website. With all the new changes, we are not just presenting a new version of our online home, but are taking the next big step with the entire Fontwerk project.

The African version of the inclusive font family Pangea serves as the house font for the African Film & Art Festival

African Film + Art Festival

‘Choosing a font was vital because we required one that could also handle Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo or Lingala movie or song titles.’, says designer Osmond Tshuma about one of the reasons for picking Pangea Afrikan.

A subtly adapted typeface Pangea (IberPangea) in use for the visual identity of the fifth largest energy company in the world, Iberdrola

‘Pangea is a digital, versatile, and easily recognizable typeface family, serving as a crucial asset for Iberdrola.’, Design Bridge and Partners designer Marco Walker states.

The typeface McQueen Grotesk forms the typographic basis of the redesign of Arcomed, a leading developer in the field of infusion technology

McQueen Grotesk ensures a light, unmistakable appearance both in printed material and on the website of the Swiss Company Arcomed.

The typeface Nikolai in use for the website of Andrea Grudda, a renowned Author, Consultant and Trainer.

As her website is 90% text, the visual identity of the Andrea Grudda brand is primarily influenced by Nikolai’s identity.

The Pangea Typeface Collection corresponds to both the MANA design taste and its vision for sustainability.

Fonts in Use: McQueen Display for the corporate design of Egna

In Autumn 2021, the new secondhand mall Egna opened its doors in the Norwegian city of Bodø. For their house font, Egna chose the upright styles of the eccentric McQueen, pointing out the strong contrasts and whimsical ink traps.

Australia’s largest real estate platform, realeastate.com.au, advertising at the Sydney Cricket Ground (Australian Rules Football: Sydney Swans vs Geelong Cats) using Pangea fonts

The Pangea typefaces are now the new corporate fonts and used globally across Australia’s seventh largest digital brand, REA Group. The public company operates realestate.com.au, the country’s largest real estate platform.

Fonts in Use: Pangea Text for Demostack’s visual identity and digital design

The cloud-based design tool Demostack was developed for the Sales, Marketing and Partnership Managers of SaaS companies to set up, control and maintain a product demo environment. Demostack’s visual identity and digital design makes great use of Pangea Text.

The typefaces Nikolai and Pangea in use for The Spirited Garden’s visual identity and packaging design.

The Spirited Garden

After years of developing brand concepts for others, the Rotterdam designer Emily van Vught launched her own brand called The Spirited Garden. Its typography is set in Nikolai, stimulating imagination, while small print, set in Pangea, provides transparent information.

With the evolution from B2B to B2C business, a revamp and revision of b-good’s visual identity became necessary. Creative Director, Merve Gülay chose Turbine as their house font.

The typeface Nikolai in use for KARAK, an Austrian manufacturer of traditional Raku ceramic tiles.

Perhaps the rebelliously constructed letters K and k were the calling card that opened the door to Nikolai as a brand font for KARAK tiles.

The typefaces Pangea and Pangea Text in use as the corporate typeface of Gropyus

On the Gropyus website as well as in the app, the typefaces Pangea and Pangea Text perform excellently, exuding confidence and credibility.

In the summer of 2021, fashion label s.Oliver reformed its brand identity in collaboration with the Munich agency Serviceplan: a new logo, new tagline and a new house font, Case.

Fonts in use: Case for kleinundpläcking

On the website of kleinundpläcking, Case is used in Regular and Bold, where it shows its strength in terms of readability and clarity.

Pangea Text in use on Kintell’s website and user interface

Kintell is an Australian technology company specializing in video-based learning: from 1-to-1 expert advice to solutions for teams and companies. Its choice of Pangea Text as its font is therefore backed by experts.

Pangea in Use: Website Jonas Arleth

Ten years ago, Jonas Arleth started his career as an independent developer and trainer. Today, more than one million people a year attend his courses and projects which are designed using Pangea and Pangea Text.

Pangea in Use: Honey browser extension

Under the wing of Paypal, the Honey apps’s visual identity was also strengthened, among other things with the Pangea font family.

Fonts in Use: Pangea Text for Foodspring

A young, dynamic font is part of the visual magic of a young, dynamic brand. The website team of the direct-to-consumer startup for sports nutrition opted for Pangea Text.

Fonts in Use: Pangea and Pangea Text for Magnitude

A year before the acquisition, Magnitude prepared itself: with a revised visual identity in which the fonts, Pangea and Pangea Text play a leading role.

Pangea Afrikan Typeface – Specimen

Fresh fonts for 430 million

Fonts in use: Nikolai typeface for Coronado Bikes

Coronado’s three brand values are: locally made, quality and love for the environment – these qualities and values are reflected in the logotype which is set in Nikolai.

Fonts in use: Turbine typeface for Koppla

With its broad proportions, super elliptical curves and close spacing, Turbine embodies what craftspeople require: stability, precision and harmony.

Fonts in use: West typeface for Capitale Design Studio

Capitale Design Studio

The website of the German-Austrian design office Capitale is a feast for typographers’ eyes. Three words – set in the idiosyncratic geometric sans serif font West – on three lines fill the screen.