DIN for Typographic City Posters

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| Michelle Nguyen | November 19, 2008

Show how much you love your city with an Ork Poster, designed by Jenny Beorkrem. With the help of DIN (1451 Engschrift) these clever prints side­step tra­di­tional maps and bring forth top-​notch typo­graphic design, sim­plic­ity, and a modern edge. Out with small type and in with DIN’s strong letter forms and bold personality.

Care­ful thought has been put into each of these designs. Beorkrem play­fully crams and stacks char­ac­ters of all shapes and sizes into geo­graphic neigh­bor­hoods to por­tray these bustling cities. The San Fran­cisco map can even be made “green” with recy­cled papers and soy-​based inks. Ork posters are one of a kind and you won’t find these hiding in a glove compartment.

Priced between $22-$27, the posters and screen prints make a great hol­i­day gift. They are one of the more afford­able pieces of wall art avail­able, all while being very unique and eco-​friendly.

DIN (1451 Engschrift)

FF DIN

If you like DIN (1451 Engschrift), we rec­om­mend you take a look at FF DIN. 1451 Engschrift is a pretty faith­ful dig­i­ti­za­tion of the orig­i­nal DIN fonts. How­ever, FF DIN is a bit more reg­u­lar­ized for modern design, with more weights and widths. FF DIN is also a much larger collection.

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We asked Jenny about the moti­va­tion behind her type­face choice for the art:

DIN is a pow­er­ful face, while still being geo­met­ric and almost grid-​like. It was designed for sig­nage — to be leg­i­ble from a dis­tance — which is obvi­ously an advan­tage when its used for head­lines or for wall art. It’s con­densed with­out feel­ing “cramped” as some con­densed fonts tend toward. And lastly, its weight is ver­sa­tile in that it doesn’t dis­ap­pear when set at 7 or 8 points and its not over­pow­er­ing when set at 200 point. For all of these rea­sons, it worked best for the posters and innately looked the best of all the type­faces I tried.

 

Posted by Stephen Coles on Nov. 20, 2008

I first saw Ms. Beokrem’s won­der­ful work around August/September and it inspired me to (rather labo­ri­ously) make a hand-​lettered ripoff—erm, version—of this using a map of my home­town.

It didn’t turn out nearly as bril­liant. Per­haps I should try it with FF DIN

Posted by FV on Nov. 20, 2008

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