Emmanuel Rey
Creative Director, Designer
In their own words
Swiss Post Sans is Swiss by nature, not only by design.
Swiss Post Sans is Swiss by nature, not only by design.
Articles & interviews3
- Swiss Typefaces creates warmer font for Swiss Post
Swiss Typefaces developed Swiss Post Sans over more than three years to replace the postal service's existing typeface without requiring layout changes. The family preserves the original typographic volume and supports Switzerland's four official languages, while introducing warmer humanist details and expressive cursive-influenced italics for use across Swiss Post's physical and digital communications.
- Swiss Typefaces creates warmer font for Swiss Post
Swiss Typefaces developed Swiss Post Sans, a custom typeface for Switzerland's national postal service, over more than three years. The replacement font preserves the previous face's typographic volume for seamless rollout while introducing warmer humanist details, robust multilingual support and default tabular figures. Its independently drawn italics provide a distinctive expressive voice across Swiss Post's physical and digital communications.
- Swiss Studio newglyph Explores the Future of Variable Type
The article is an in-depth interview with Swiss type design studio newglyph, based in Lausanne. Co-founder Daniela Retana discusses the studio’s origins, its founding during the 2020 lockdown, and its focus on variable font technology. The team’s philosophy, collaborative process, and philanthropic commitment to donating 10% of proceeds to charities are also explored.