Industry: Design

Typeface Design for Brenner Script

A disconnected script that can connect on demand via OpenType

Brenner Script is the expressive script member of the Brenner superfamily, designed by Nikola Djurek and Marko Hrastovec at Typotheque and released in 2018. Its disconnected letterforms draw on Mediterranean café signage as a reference point, available in four weights from Light to Bold. An OpenType Stylistic Set feature optionally connects the letters, adding graphic continuity while preserving the face's unorthodox character. All Brenner styles share vertical metrics, enabling combination across the superfamily's otherwise divergent models.

Set in Brenner Script

Insights

Each Brenner sub-style is built around a different model, yet shared vertical metrics keep them interoperable in complex layouts.
Brenner Script's default disconnected setting is modified by a Stylistic Set feature that closes the gaps between letters, giving designers control over visual continuity.
The superfamily combines Sans, Serif, Display, Mono, Slab, Condensed Sans, and Script under shared vertical metrics.
Brenner was named a Typographica Favorite Typeface of 2018.