Kalamos typeface
Task: to design a typeface.
Kalamos is a display typeface with reverse contrast characteristic of traditional Hebrew faces based on the Middle Easter calligraphy which employed qalam, a specially sharpened pen made of reed.
Qalam, a reed pen
The shape of the characters is inspired by French Renaissance typefaces.
The typeface does not have serifs in the traditional sense as they would not have been possible with such a tilt of the writing instrument.
Kalamos Regular 102 / 122
Regular
Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
French
Spanish
Turkish
German
Serbian
Azerbaijani
Latvian
Irish
Slovenian
The typeface does not have serifs in the traditional sense as they would not have been possible with such a tilt of the writing instrument.
art director
designer
- Michael Gorenshtein
