Industry: Media

Handwritten Typeface and Icons for Lufthansa Magazin

Two glyph variants per character, zero manual switching

TypeMates designed LH Hans alongside the redesign of Lufthansa Magazin, in collaboration with Max Nelles for Territory Media. The brief called for a natural handwritten font to accent specific text passages, delivered as an uppercase-only font suited to larger display sizes. The project also included approximately 20 aviation- and travel-themed icons accessible via an OpenType stylistic set.

Set in LH Hans

Insights

Two alternates were drawn for every glyph; the automatic mixing was routed through the liga feature so users never need to manually select variants—OpenType handles the switching.
The uppercase-only decision was driven by the font's intended use at large display sizes for highlighted editorial passages.
Around 20 flying- and travel-related icons are embedded in the font and accessed by typing letters a–o within the SS03 stylistic set, requiring no separate icon workflow.