Industry: Design

Publico

From Manchester nightclub to Lisbon newsroom

Publico began as one of many steps in developing the Guardian typeface for the newspaper's 2005 redesign, originally named Haçienda after the Manchester nightclub. It was later completed for Mark Porter and Simon Esterson's redesign of the Lisbon newspaper Público. Because it shares the skeletal structure of Guardian, it serves as a companion typeface. The family spans Banner, Headline, and Text subfamilies, including condensed and mono variants.

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The design originated under the working name Haçienda during the Guardian redesign process before being redirected toward a separate newspaper commission.
Its shared skeletal structure with the Guardian typeface follows from their common origin.
The family was completed for Público in Lisbon, for a redesign led by Mark Porter and Simon Esterson.