Riks
Monokrom · Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland · 2017
A stencil typeface by Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland, derived from lettering on Georg Fredrik Fasting's iconic 1932 Norwegian telephone kiosk.
About
The letterforms originate from seven characters on Fasting's Riks phonebooth, a landmark of Scandinavian Functionalist architecture, with the stencil logic extended across the full character set by Bremnes and Helland. Two styles are offered: Normal for general use and Negativ, which provides master drawings suited to producing physical stencils capable of reproducing any text. Monokrom offer the fonts free of charge, framing the design as Norwegian cultural heritage, while physical water-cut steel stencils at 200 points are available on loan for Norwegian customers.
Classification
Riks is a stencil typeface derived from lettering on a 1932 Functionalist telephone kiosk, with stencil logic applied across the full character set in two variants, Normal and Negativ.