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THIS IS OCTAGON VARIABLE.
ORIGINALLY FROM 1838 IT WAS COLLABORATIVELY RE-IMAGINED AS A VARIABLE FONT WITH THE STUDENTS IN 2022.
THE ORIGINAL 8-LINE PRINTING BLOCKS OF IT’S STATIC PREDECESSOR – OCTAGON, A CONTRASTED SANS SERIF – ARE HELD AT THE “ROB ROY KELLY COLLECTION”.
THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WERE: Alexander Royter, Emma Schmalisch, Felix Willnauer, Friederike Temme, Greta Wachholz, Jason Tsiakas, Julia Baskal, Julia Schmidt, Kaja Wetzel, Kateryna Shelevytska, Lara Tamminga, Liyani Nina Vierke, Sania Salem, Sarah-Ann Röhlen, Sofiya Slyusarenko, Stina Scholz, Vanessa Schneider, Zoe Rygus.
THE “OCTAGON VARIABLE” PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE HAW/FINKENAU
IN HAMBURG AS PART OF THE FIRST YEAR TYPE DESIGN INTRODUCTION
CLASS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. PIERRE PANÉ-FARRÉ AND SIMON THIEFES.
“OCTAGON VARIABLE” COMES IN A NORMAL, A
horizontally
and a
vertically
rotatetd style —
both
ways.
“OCTAGON VARIABLE” CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING GLYPHS:
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