LL Kristall
Lineto · Laurenz Brunner · 2025
The third entry in Laurenz Brunner's sans serif trilogy for Lineto, drawing on Johnston and Calvert to produce a humanist sans with low contrast and vertically cut terminals.
About
Completing a sequence that began with the neo-grotesque LL Akkurat in 2004 and the geometric LL Circular in 2013, LL Kristall takes a humanist direction shaped by Brunner's time in London and the typographic legacies of Edward Johnston's Underground type and Margaret Calvert's road signage. Vertically cut terminals and low contrast distinguish it from softer humanist contemporaries, lending it more structural firmness than is typical of the genre. The weight range runs from Light to Ultra Black, making it workable across minimal editorial settings and larger display applications alike.
Classification
Brunner explicitly positions LL Kristall as a humanist sans, completing a trilogy alongside the neo-grotesque LL Akkurat and geometric LL Circular. Its low contrast, vertically cut terminals and calligraphic influence from Johnston and Calvert confirm the humanist classification.