Industry: Design

Typeface Design for Citadel

A tougher offshoot of Niagara

Citadel is a display typeface by Tobias Frere-Jones conceived as a rigid, forceful variation of Niagara. It references boxy German display types City and Stadion. An inline treatment was informed by Frere-Jones's earlier collaboration with Neville Brody on FF Tokyo.

Set in Citadel

Insights

Citadel began as a deliberate rigid, forceful variation of Niagara rather than an independent concept.
The inline treatment has a traceable precedent in the FF Tokyo collaboration with Neville Brody.
City and Stadion served as reference points for the boxy rectilinear display character.