font_foundry: Wiescher Design

Sixtra

Sixtra font

Sixtra is a font right out of the 30’s or 40’s of last century. I discovered a few letters on an old package for some obscure cutlery manufacturerer and made a font of those...

Grandezza

Grandezza font

Grandezza is my most elaborate script so far and is the script for many countries that write in Latin letters as well. I designed it in 5 different parts, since I still think the...

Grandezza Xtra

Grandezza Xtra font

Grandezza Xtra is the standalone version of my most elaborate script. It is the script for many countries, good for Basic Latin, Latin Eastern Europe, Turkish, Baltic. I first designed 5 different sets and...

Breathless

Breathless font

Breathless was inspired by movie posters of the Nouvelle Vague era when Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo were young and films where in black and white. So I named this very spiky affair after...

Bodoni Comedia

Bodoni Comedia font

Bodoni Comedia is for the funny, happy things in life. I really enjoyed doing this one. – your funny type designer Gert Wiescher

Bluenote Demi

Bluenote Demi font

Bluenote is a font based on Franklin Gothic condensed. In the 60s and 70s the record label Blue Note published all those classic jazz records of my youth. Someone at their arts department cut...

Loulou

Loulou font

LouLou is a scriptlike typeface that looks as if it came right out of the sixties and seventies. Flowerpower! I enjoyed doing this one. Your swinging type designer Gert Wiescher

Schoolblock

Schoolblock font

Schoolblock is the typeface German schoolchildren learn to imitate when they are taught the printed letters. I just had to do this one for use in a German schoolbook. Your education-designer, Gert Wiescher

Purissima Bold

Purissima Bold font

Purissima Bold is the decorated extension to my Pura family. I only offer all 5 cuts together but for a very advantageous price. The Boldcut has no embellishments. The A and B cuts are...

Pura

Pura font

Pura is font design with as little thought about tradition as possible, as the name implies it will become my purest design yet. I wanted to design a typeface, that would be a “linear...