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Wayfinding Sans Pro

Wayfinding Sans Pro

by FDI
Individual Styles from $49.00
Complete family of 20 fonts: $749.00
Wayfinding Sans Pro Font Family was designed by Ralf Herrmann, Sebastian Nagel and published by FDI. Wayfinding Sans Pro contains 20 styles and family package options.

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About Wayfinding Sans Pro Font Family


Ralf Herrmann, the designer of Wayfinding Sans, started this project with extensive field studies, driving tens of thousands of miles to explore the legibility of road signage typefaces in dozens of countries around the world. After building his own theoretical framework of relevant legibility parameters, the design process used a unique custom real-time simulation software, which could simulate difficult reading conditions (distance, fog, halation, positive/negative contrast) while the letters were actually being designed. This process made it possible to optimize even the tiniest details of each letter for maximum legibility. Being made specifically for wayfinding purposes, this type family does not compromise on any aspect of legibility — and yet, the typeface is a beautiful, clean and modern sans serif. With its broad language support and the large number of available styles it is perfectly suitable for any possible signage project anywhere in the world. In an independent empirical study at the University of Applied Sciences “htw” in Berlin different typefaces were recently tested when used on signs and Wayfinding Sans Pro was the winner in all conducted tests, being significantly more legible and therefore superior to all other styles of the tested typefaces. Check out the PDF specimen for more information: wayfinding-sans-pro.pdf

Designers: Ralf Herrmann, Sebastian Nagel

Publisher: FDI

Foundry: FDI

Original Foundry: unknown

Design Owner: FDI

MyFonts debut: Mar 26, 2012

Wayfinding Sans Pro

About FDI

The FDI Type Foundry is a German type foundry and was founded in 2004. It is part of the typography network Schriftkontor Ralf Herrmann. The foundry offers both contemporary designs as well as high-quality revivals of German letterpress fonts. The foundry is run by Ralf Herrmann, who studied graphic design at the Bauhaus-University Weimar and runs various online typography projects such as Typography.guru, Typografie.info and the Letter Library.

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