Deutsche Bahn News
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Add type sampleCredits
- Designer(s)
- Christian Schwartz, Erik Spiekermann
- Foundry(ies)
- Schwartzco , Spiekermann Partners
- Release Year
- 2005
- Country of Origin
- Germany
Background
Commissioned by United Designers for Deutsche Bahn AG. Not available for relicensing.
“Between 2003 and 2006 (possibly starting even earlier), United Designers undertook a major rebranding of Deutsche Bahn (DB), one of Europe’s largest companies. Print communication needed to be better coordinated, sub-brands needed to be better integrated, and a strategy for the future had to be mapped out, and a new type family was going to be a cornerstone of this.”
“Designed for the DB’s internal newspaper, the News version is an odd hybrid: it’s a true slab serif, but retains many of the oldstyle details and proportions from the serif face.”