Typeface Design for Roman-Inspired Display Capitals

Stone-carving practice translated into type design

Gordian Kapitalen is the display sub-family of Nikola Djurek's Gordian, a sans serif rooted in classical Roman square capitals. It comprises four weights of plain single capitals (Kapitalen) and eight sets of entangled double capitals (Knot), the latter driven by OpenType substitution logic that generates rotating and randomised glyph patterns. Djurek's personal practice of stone carving informs the subtle flaring at stroke endings in the broader Gordian family.

Set in Gordian Kapitalen