(EN) The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (NL) Op brute wijze ving de schooljuf de quasi-kalme lynx. (CS) Nechť již hříšné saxofony ďáblů rozezvučí síň úděsnými tóny waltzu, tanga a quickstepu. (HU) Jó foxim és don Quijote húszwattos lámpánál ülve egy pár bűvös cipőt készít. (RO) Înjurând pițigăiat, zoofobul comandă vexat whisky și tequila. (RU) Разъяренный чтец эгоистично бьёт пятью жердями шустрого фехтовальщика. (BG) Огньове изгаряха с блуждаещи пламъци любовта човешка на Орфей. (SR) Фијуче ветар у шибљу, леди пасаже и куће иза њих и гунђа у оџацима. (EL) Ταχίστη αλώπηξ βαφής ψημένη γη, δρασκελίζει υπέρ νωθρού κυνός. Type your own text to test the font!
Description
Finlandica was commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Office as part of a visual identity for Finland.
On a trajectory informed by Finnish industrial history, Finlandica reflects this facet of Finland. Its strong and compressed shapes embody a traditional virtue in Finnish culture: honest and resilient determination – “Sisu”. Ink traps like cuts from a blunt ax, makes the typeface reliable in small sizes and gives it character in large headlines. Like the Finnhorse it’s a breed suitable both as riding horse and workhorse. In the spirit of “Jokamiehenoikeus” this typeface is Open Source.
Design, Publisher, Copyright, License
Design: Niklas Ekholm, Juho Hiilivirta, Jaakko Suomalainen
Publisher: Helsinki Type Studio
Copyright 2018 by Helsinki Type Studio. All rights reserved.
License: SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE
Niklas Ekholm
Helsinki Type Studio is Finnish commercial typefoundry, est. 2013 by Niklas Ekholm, Juho Hiilivirta, Jungmyung Lee and Jaakko Suomalainen.
Rovaniemi, Finland-based type designer at Helsinki Type Studio. His Bachelor Thesis work led to a great sans typeface, Oranssi. Its proportions are based on the golden ratio as suggested in Le Corbusier’s work.
