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RETAIL FONTS
Commercial Type:
Austin Duplicate Sans (NEW) Duplicate Slab (NEW) Giorgio Giorgio Sans Graphik Guardian Local Gothic Publico Stag Stag Sans Stag Sans Round Stag Stencil
Emigre:
Los Feliz
Font Bureau:
Amplitude Farnham Fritz Pennsylvania
FontFont:
FF Bau FF Meta Headline FF Meta Serif FF Oxide FF Unit FF Unit Slab
House Industries:
Casa Latino! Luxury Luxury Text Neutraface Neutraface Condensed Neutraface No. 2 Neutraface Slab Simian
Linotype:
Neue Haas Grotesk
CUSTOM FONTS UNFINISHED WORK EARLY WORK
ABOUT

   

2001-2004. Art direction by Erik Spiekermann. Released by FontFont.



Bau is based on Grotesk, a typeface released by the Schelter & Giesecke typefoundry in Liepzig, Germany at the end of the 19th century and used prominently by the designers at the Bauhaus. Each weight was drawn separately, to give the family the irregularity of the original, and the Super is new. We originally wanted to call it FF Haus, following Erik Spikermann's rule that all typeface names should be 4 letters long, but an existing trademark got in our way.

The italics were commissioned by Men's Fitness for a 2004 redesign. Font Bureau did the initial work, getting them done within a crushing deadline, but I ended up rethinking them before the final release.

Regular, Medium, Bold and Super, with italics