Typeface Family for Weekendavisen
Four-subfamily system spanning Hairline, Display, Text, and Sans
A type system commissioned by Weekendavisen, a Danish weekly broadsheet with 250,000 readers. The family spans four interconnected subfamilies — Hairline, Display, Text, and Sans — built for both print and screen. The project draws on the paper's lineage back to Berlingske Tidende (1749).
Set in WEA Sans
Insights
- The brief required the type to function across both print and on-screen environments.
- The newspaper redesign was named World's Best Designed Newspaper by SND in both 2021 and 2026.
- The type system received the Tokyo TDC Award in 2021.
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