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SfG Aargau signage

Contributed by Manuel Schmalstieg on Dec 5th, 2023. Artwork published in .
SfG Aargau signage 1
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.

The signs on the campus of the Schule für Gestaltung Aargau (SfGA, Aargau School of Design), Switzerland, uses a wide range of different typefaces.

The signage concept was developed by Andrea Gmünder of Feinform Grafik, Zurich. It was installed in 2012, when the school’s building on Weihermattstrasse 94 was converted and extended by the architects of Baumann Projektmanagement, Basel.

From a 2012 press release (translated):

For the school, which also teaches typography, it was important to focus on this topic. Andrea Gmünder has succeeded in giving the building a strong identity of its own through a playful overlapping of colors and typography.

See more images on the websites of Feinform Grafik and photographer Jean-Claude Jossen.

The typeface used for room numbers and labels is  by .
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.

The typeface used for room numbers and labels is Neustadt by Jörn Oelsner.

Detail with  caps in two weights
Source: jcjavm.com Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.

Detail with Neustadt caps in two weights

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Photo: Manuel Schmalstieg. License: CC BY.
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Photo: Manuel Schmalstieg. License: All Rights Reserved.
 by  and  by  /
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.
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Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.
 by  after
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.
 by  and
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.
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Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.
 by  – which is also used for the main sign at the entrance
Source: www.feinform.ch Jean-Claude Jossen. License: All Rights Reserved.

FF DIN by Albert-Jan Pool – which is also used for the main sign at the entrance

Typefaces

  • FF DIN
  • Neustadt
  • Co Headline
  • TheSerif
  • Biome
  • Effra
  • Clarendon
  • Bodoni
  • Data 70
  • ITC Bauhaus

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