Industry: Design

Place

Roman and blackletter capitals in one display family

Place is a display serif typeface designed by French designer Julien Priez, Commercial Type's first release by him. The brief called for a wide serif focused on beauty and elegance, leaving room for Priez to explore inventive letterforms rooted in his knowledge of drawn, carved, and written historical traditions. The family includes both roman and blackletter capitals and is suited to logotype setting across all display sizes.

Set in Place

Insights

An intentionally open brief was chosen to suit Priez's approach of combining historical research with formally inventive design.
The family pairs roman and blackletter capital sets, an unusual structural choice for a contemporary display serif.
Priez drew on knowledge spanning drawn, carved, and written letterform traditions rather than a single historical model.