It is a well behaved child but also a clever one, respectful of its sanserif parents while bringing them new joy. The result is a double design that in each style is well balanced and refined.įakt is a child of its time, offering choices efficiently and in an accessible way.
Switch between options and letter shapes are subtly changed, altering Fakt's mood. Instead, it offers a stylistic 'toggle' – to put it crudely: Helvetica-like or Futura-like. Fakt combines the best of each – of grotesk and geometrical sanserif traditions – but not by mere interpolation. Released in 2010, it is Theimich's second commercially released typeface, following his humanist sanserif Alto.ĭifferent from Alto, whose design speaks of the 1990s, Fakt revisits archetypal sanserifs of earlier decades: Neue Haas Grotesk / Helvetica (the 1950s) and Futura (the 1920s). TYPE BY Fakt, designed by Thomas Thiemich, is a highly functional sanserif.
