Wallop
Displaay Type Foundry · Martin Vacha · 2019
A humanist sans by Martin Vacha originally drawn for Wallop magazine, with vertical terminals balanced against rounded forms.
About
A humanist sans-serif by Martin Vacha, first sketched in January 2013 and released in May 2019 after the magazine commission. Seven weights run from Thin to Heavy with matching italics, fourteen styles total, plus a variable font on Weight and Slant axes. The family sits in the lineage of Gill Sans, Johnston and Berlin West, with vertical terminals lending precision and rounded forms warming the rhythm. Alternate glyphs for P, R, W, w, m and n widen the typographic palette.
Classification
Displaay describes Wallop as a sans-serif family originally commissioned for Wallop magazine, with vertical terminals giving the design sharpness and precision held in tension with rounded forms. The lineage cited includes Berlin West 1942 (Herbert Thannhaeuser), Gill Sans 1928 (Eric Gill) and Johnston 1916 (Edward Johnston).