
Walter is a collaborative type design project by Dinamo and Omnigroup that reinterprets mid-century lettering exercises by Swiss educator Walter Käch. The project includes two families, Walter Alte and Walter Neue, bridging historical study and modern digital adaptation to create a versatile, multi-style type system.
Set in Walter Alte Röntgentherapie, Walter Alte Normalgrotesk, Walter Alte Rauchwaren, Walter Neue
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