FC Lead
Font Club Belgica · Frederik Berlaen · 2026
A display typeface by Frederik Berlaen that translates the structural logic of leaded stained glass directly into letterform construction, treating every counter as a convex, undivided shape.
About
Each letterform in FC Lead is built around the physical constraints of merging glass pieces with lead came: counters and white spaces are rendered as whole, convex forms without unnecessary cuts, producing glyphs that feel architectural rather than calligraphic. The family ships as a colour font in two variants, FC Lead Color and FC Lead Sans Color, and covers a broad range of Latin-script languages. The result is a rigorously concept-driven display face with a clear material source and a genuinely uncommon visual logic.
Classification
FC Lead is a display typeface built on an explicit conceptual constraint: every counter and whitespace is rendered as a convex, undivided shape, directly translating the structural logic of leaded stained glass into letterforms. The resulting unconventional glyphs resist standard serif or sans classification.