New Alphabet is a geometric font designed by Wim Crouwel, presented in October 1967.
Origin HistoryNew Alphabet is a personal, experimental project by Crouwel. It embraces the constraints of the cathode ray tube technology, which was used in the image-taking process, and therefore only consists of horizons and verticals. Classic letters often suffer from these limitations. Crouwel wanted to design a letter for modern techniques. Given that the letters consist only of horizons and verticals, some letters are very unconventional, others are almost unrecognizable. Therefore, the letter design was received with mixed feelings. Most letters are based on a rectangular grid of 5 by 9 units, with 45 degrees rounded corners. There is no distinction between subclasses and capital. Many colleagues found the letter design to go far, and this led to a lively debate in, among other things, the professional literature. The experimental nature of the design was intended to initiate such a debate. Digitale New Alphabet
Digital digital version of New Alphabet was digitized by Freda Sack and David Quay of The Foundry in London around 1996. It is part of the Architype 3 Crouwel collection, and consists of three different weights. Other letters from Crouwel in that collection are Architype Gridnik, Architype Fodor, Architype Urban and Architype Catalog. Other letters by Wim Crouwel
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