Industry: Design

Raskal Oner

Ten years to make Swiss Typefaces' first script

Raskal Oner is Swiss Typefaces' first script font, designed by Emmanuel Rey. It translates handwriting and hand-lettering energy without reviving a calligraphic tradition or imitating a specific calligrapher's style. OpenType contextual alternates simulate ligatures by joining two or more letters, producing results close to actual digital lettering. The design process behind the font spanned roughly ten years.

Set in Raskal Oner

Insights

Three contextual variants of 'L' adapt depending on the following letter, maintaining visual flow without manual selection.
Diacritics are drawn to connect with base characters, extending the font's linking logic into accented glyphs.
Two OpenType Stylistic Sets give users control over the dot form above 'i' and 'j'.
Type scholar Dan Reynolds collaborated with Swiss Typefaces to document the decade-long design process in an extended narrative.