As good as Nylon is, theres nothing better than a nice woolly blanket. The smell and coarse, uneven texture are relaxing and feel reassuring. More comfortable. In a world where technology can reach millimetric precision, sometimes its good to connect with the imperfect and controlled impurity that is nature.
Font design in particular has matured through software that can generate the most perfect letters in the world.
But most of them dont have soul. More Landa is a glimpse from the cutting edge into the past. Inspired by Venetian lettering from the 15th century, whilst giving them new meaning, its letters become expressionist and have a modern touch.
A rendez-vous between Nicolas Jenson, Oldich Menhart, and nature itself. In Landa you can feel the texture of trunks and branches, from full fertile splendour to dried-out frailty.
It takes the reader for a stroll through the woods on a late autumn evening, or on an adventure through the Amazonian rainforest, depending on the weight chosen.
In the lighter and italic options, Landa text is organic and rustic, and very comfortable to read.
Whats more, while its discreet on smaller screens, when enlarged it reveals brittle and expressive calligraphic shapes.
This also makes it ideal for packaging or display elements. Landa provides advanced typographical support in several languages and OpenType features including case-sensitive forms, small caps, contextual alternatives, stylistic alternates, fractions, proportional and tabular figures.
In this case it is technology that serves lettering, not the latter being technology dependent.
Lets not forget, as Erik Spiekermann said we are still analogical beings. Our brains and eyes are analogical. Perhaps thats why to disconnect we always need to go back to forests, rivers, nature. Perhaps thats why we still prefer wood to steel or wool to nylon.