Custom Typeface for Steensen Varming
Chamfered corners that shift character with scale
Varming is a custom geometric typeface designed in 2013 for Steensen Varming, an international building services consultancy. Its defining feature is delicately chamfered corners, which read as distinctive at large scales but appear soft and rounded at smaller sizes.
Set in Varming
Insights
- The chamfered corner treatment creates a dual optical effect: distinctive at display sizes, rounded at text sizes — a single formal decision serving multiple typographic contexts.
- Commissioned in 2013, the family was purpose-built for a consultancy specialising in mechanical, electrical, lighting, and sustainable design.
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