Kalamos typeface

Overview
Task: to design a typeface.

Kalamos is a display typeface with reverse contrast characteristic of traditional Hebrew faces based on the Middle Easter calligraphy which employed qalam, a specially sharpened pen made of reed.

type kalamos kalam 01 new
type kalamos kalam 02 new
type kalamos kalam 03 new
type kalamos kalam 04 new

Qalam, a reed pen

The shape of the characters is inspired by French Renaissance typefaces.

The typeface does not have serifs in the traditional sense as they would not have been possible with such a tilt of the writing instrument.

type kalamos form 01 new
type kalamos form 02 new
type kalamos form 03
type kalamos form 04 new
type kalamos bluebg new

Kalamos Regular 102 / 122

type kalamos fontstyle new1
type kalamos fontstyle mob
Regular
Italic
Bold
Bold Italic
type kalamos music new

French

type kalamos french

Spanish

type kalamos spanish

Turkish

type kalamos turkish

German

type kalamos deutsch

Serbian

type kalamos serbian

Azerbaijani

type kalamos zerbaijani

Latvian

type kalamos latvian

Irish

type kalamos irish

Slovenian

type kalamos slovenian
type kalamos poster 01
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The typeface does not have serifs in the traditional sense as they would not have been possible with such a tilt of the writing instrument.

type kalamos letter new1
type kalamos bloq new

art director

designer

  • Michael Gorenshtein

technical designer

project manager

See also