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Store Norske Skriftkompani · Arve Båtevik
A geometric sans by Arve Båtevik rooted in Norwegian functionalist architecture and the lettering traditions of 1920s–30s Nordic building signage.
About
Drawing on historical alphabets by Trygve M. Davidsen and Per Grieg, alongside the forms of landmark Norwegian functionalist buildings, the typeface applies the period's governing concerns of clarity, proportion and practical reasoning to a contemporary type system. Rather than simple pastiche, it is grounded in pre-functionalist typographic knowledge, giving it the structural confidence the best architects of that era brought to their work. Suited to identities, signage, exhibitions and institutional communication with ties to architecture and public culture.
Classification
The typeface is explicitly described as geometric, drawing on pure circular and rectilinear forms from Norwegian functionalist architecture and historical geometric lettering alphabets of the 1920s–30s.