Biilmann
A2-Type · Gunnar Biilmann Petersen (original), A2-Type (revival) · 2018
A digital revival of a 1932 alphabet by Danish architect Gunnar Biilmann Petersen, redrawn by A2-Type from archive originals held at the Danish Design Museum.
About
Working directly from Gunnar Biilmann Petersen's original drawings held in the Danish Design Museum's archive, A2-Type secured permission from the Biilmann family in 2018 to restore and reimagine the alphabet as a contemporary digital typeface. The family spans seven weights from Thin to Black, with no italics, keeping the upright, constructed character of the source material. It sits firmly within the modernist Scandinavian sans-serif tradition and suits identity and editorial work that calls for historical grounding without period pastiche.
Classification
A digitised revival of a 1932 geometric alphabet by Danish architect and graphic designer Gunnar Biilmann Petersen, the typeface sits within the modernist Scandinavian sans-serif tradition with clean, constructed letterforms.