FF Chernobyl

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Credits

Designer(s)
Stephan Müller
Foundry(ies)
FontFont
Release Year
1999
Country of Origin
Germany
Classification
Ornamented, Novelty
Original Format
Digital
Distributor(s)
FontShop
Tags
stencil

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A newspaper clipping of the Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster provided the starting point for FF Chernobyl. A picture of one of the cooling towers showed huge Cyrillic stencilled letters. Designer Stephan Müller went on to create a complete Roman character set from this inspiration.

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Last edited by Laura Fisher on January 15, 2010, 10:24am EST

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