Irma Display
A large-scale type system from Typotheque designed around wayfinding and signage, spanning display and text optical sizes with slab, rounded and narrow variants.
About
The Irma system pairs display and text optical sizes across nine weights from Hairline to Black, with four subfamilies covering standard, slab, rounded and narrow cuts. The text sizes are italic-only, reflecting conventions of wayfinding and directional signage where upright romans are typically set in display sizes. Its real-world deployment in projects such as the City of Metz wayfinding scheme demonstrates the range needed to sustain a complex environmental typography brief.
Classification
Irma Display is a large-family sans with slab and rounded variants, structured around humanist proportions suited to wayfinding and signage applications. The presence of slab, round and narrow subfamilies alongside display and text optical sizes points to a humanist sans architecture.