Typeface Design for Editorial Publishing

Six text styles, 42 display styles—built for the full editorial stack

Lektorat is a sans-serif family by Florian Fecher, published by TypeTogether for editorial publishing across print and screen. The family draws partial inspiration from grotesque typefaces published by German foundry Schelter & Giesecke at the turn of the 20th century. Research into expression versus communication in magazine design shaped its distinctive traits: raised shoulders, deep incisions at high-contrast junctions, and asymmetrical counters. It received the Gerard Unger Scholarship in 2019, Gold at the Indigo Awards in 2021, and Merit at the ADC Awards in 2021.

Set in Lektorat Display

Insights

Research into magazine publishing led to a deliberately minimal text offering—six styles only—after Fecher concluded a concise setup is sufficient for paragraph text.
Display styles span three widths (Narrow, Condensed, Compressed) with seven upright and oblique styles each, totalling 42 display fonts.
Stylistic alternates are restricted to text styles only: an alternate 'k/K' and a tail-less 'a'.
The family is optionally available as four variable font files, in separate upright and oblique variants.