FS Silas Launch Campaign by Believe In, United Kingdom
Posted: June 21, 2015 Filed under: Art and Design, Fonts in Use, Graphic Design Reviews | Tags: British Design, Brochure Design, Campaign Design, Catalogue Design, Design For Print, Design Reviews, Designed by Believe In, Foil Blocking, Folder Design, Fonts in Use: FS Silas, From Europe, From the United Kingdom, Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blog, Material Thinking, Pastel Coloured Papers, Pastel Colours, Slab Serif Typography, The Best Graphic Design Work of 2015, The Very Best of 2015, Type Foundry: Fontsmith, Typography, Unbleached Materials, Uncoated Papers & Cards, White Block Foil Comments Off on FS Silas Launch Campaign by Believe In, United KingdomOpinion by Richard Baird.
FS Silas is a new sans-serif and slab-serif font family from British type foundry Fontsmith, each available in five weights and an italic. The family is described as having a squareness of rounded forms with dynamically angles terminals and slabs capable of offering contemporary brands the opportunity to employ different voices with one typographic system.
Fontsmith worked with graphic design studio Believe In to develop a name and launch campaign. This included type specimen, social media strategy and a number of short videos created in collaboration with The Space Between. These digital and print artefacts were united by the title FS Silas – The Enigmatic Type, and a concept that draws its inspiration from the dossiers and secret files of espionage, as well as type specimens of the 50’s and 60’s.
