Erkin Karamemet – Font News
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- Category: Zine
- Topic: Typography
- Publisher: Self-published
- Country: Germany
- Language: English
- Release: 2024
- Cover: Softcover
- Binding: Unbound
- Size: 35 x 25 cm
- Pages: 36
- Copies: 300
Limited Edition Type Specimen
For the very first time, the newspaper Font News, published together with the supplement Font Menu, showcases the typographic work of Erkin Karamemet from his own label as printed matter. The large format of the newspaper invites the viewer to appreciate the typefaces in large, poster-like sizes. The curated texts by Gerrit Kotsivos reference pop-cultural curiosities and are further enhanced by overlaid spreads with amusing illustrations by the London-based artist Why Ebay. This limited issue, produced as a special artist edition of only 300 copies, is something for typography enthusiasts to collect, explore, and celebrate contemporary type design.
Broadsheet format 35 x 25 cm (open: 70 x 50 cm). Printed in single-color Black (100 K) on 55 gsm improved paper, folded through the middle. Each issue includes a copy of the Font Menu. Edition of 300 copies. All copies are wrapped.
Erkin Karamemet is a type designer working in Germany. He develops visual solutions and typographic tools for media in various formats. After studying visual communication with a focus on typography, he specialized in type design, which resulted in a long-term collaboration with Dinamo type foundry. Much of his work can be found in their type library.
The studio of Erkin Karamemet is a Graphic & Type Design practice based in Berlin and Cologne. Founded in 2015, the studio specializes in typographic solutions from type and logo design to visual research and consulting. With a focus on bespoke typefaces the studio sets out to expand and refine typographic ideas to create distinctive visual identities.