2018 Winner
Typeface Design
Guyot
Guyot
Category—Typeface Design
2018 Winner
Typeface Design
Guyot
Designer(s)
Ramiro Espinoza, The Hague
Additional Credits
FOUNDRY: Retype Foundry
WEBSITE: re-type.com
TWITTER: @retypefoundry
CONCEPT:
Guyot is a type family inspired by the work of the punchcutter François Guyot, who lived and worked in Antwerp during the sixteenth century. Researching French and Flemish punchcutters, Espinoza soon realized that the work of the most important masters of the period had already been digitized. However, he found the work of lesser-known punchcutters like Guyot, though perhaps not of the same superior quality as the others, equally compelling. Espinoza decided early on that his Guyot was not going to be a facsimile typeface, but rather a modern interpretation aimed at the editorial market.