Typeface Extension for Langara College

Extending a retail typeface to encode an indigenous language

Langara College, the design agency Twice Brand, and the Musqueam First Nation commissioned TypeTogether to extend Adelle to support Halkomelem, the Downriver dialect spoken by the Musqueam people. The work began with a custom logo developed in collaboration with the Musqueam Language Office, then expanded to a full Halkomelem alphabet in two Adelle styles. The project coincided with a refreshed brand identity marking Langara's official tribal naming as snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓, meaning 'house of teaching.'

Set in Adelle