Typeface Design for Iskra Font Family
Sans serif charged with brush-lettering energy
Iskra is a low-contrast sans serif designed by Tom Grace for TypeTogether, covering Latin and Cyrillic scripts across 14 styles. Its forms draw on brush lettering, introducing slightly top-heavy asymmetry and daring curves while maintaining balanced rhythm over extended text. The family supports more than 75 languages and was optimised for screen use. It received a TDC Certificate of Excellence in 2013, appeared in TDC Annual Typography 34 in 2014, and won a Rutenia award in 2014.
Set in Iskra
Insights
- The design explicitly challenges the boundary between utilitarian and decorative type, using economical proportions alongside deliberately irregular, brush-influenced curves.
- Top-heavy asymmetry is treated as a structural feature rather than an artifact, distinguishing individual letterforms while preserving text-level regularity.
- Engineering credit is listed separately from design, with Joancarles Casasín handling technical production and Elena Veguillas responsible for graphic design.
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