Blef
Laïc · Maciej Połczyński
A headline display typeface by Maciej Połczyński that fuses Polish folk paper cut-out patterns with futuristic, sci-fi letterforms.
About
Designed by Maciej Połczyński at Laïc, Blef draws on the tradition of Polish wycinanki folk cut-outs and reframes them through angular, science-fiction-inflected geometry. The family covers uppercase Latin with Polish diacritic support and a full set of figures, with a single OpenType stylistic set. Its name references the Polish word for bluff, hinting at the typeface's playful tension between tradition and futurism.
Classification
Blef is a headline-only typeface combining folk paper cut-out motifs with sci-fi geometry, making it firmly display and decorative in character rather than fitting any conventional text category.