Diploma specimen
Every tool has it’s influence on how characters are formed. Think of: calligraphy or stencil-type. Digital tools, such as a filter, also have an influence on typography. That’s how the diploma Akzidenz arose. An in between shape of the clear Akzidenz Grotesk and the excessive calligraphic visual interpretation of security paper and certificates. The loops generated by the tool react to the form of the character. This method has a total different impact on each size and variation of the character. This is how the official diplomas and communication around “Gra-Prijs” (Gerrit Rietveld Prize) have been designed. On the diploma the contra shape of this type has been used. This typographic layer was printed over with information by the administration office. Besides the diplomas and the GRA price a character proof was made which showed the different possibilities of this “type”. Each page shows the possibilities of this character within every typographical aspect. For example: fat to light, exact to messy, or readable to illegible. On each page stands a different definition for the word diploma.
I will make a new addition of the specimen book, and the “GRA-prijs” posters soon. If you’d like to obtain one, drop me an email, and I will get back to you.
