2019 Winner
Typeface Design
FR Kraken Slab
FR Kraken Slab
Category—Typeface Design
2019 Winner
Typeface Design
FR Kraken Slab
Designer(s)
Béla Frank, Budapest, Hungary
Additional Credits
TYPE FOUNDRY: Frank Fonts
TWITTER: @Frank_Fonts
INSTAGRAM: @Frank_Fonts
CONCEPT:
FR Kraken Slab is a mild-mannered monster of a typeface with a sturdy skeleton, characteristic features, and a powerful personality. The goal was to create a contemporary design SemiBold, and Thin inspired by the raw and lively looks of the nineteenth-century English Antiques. It aims to encapsulate the spirit of those models and delivers more than just a digital reproduction of any particular design from that period. FR Kraken Slab, like a portrait of an old friend drawn from memory, captures and truthfully redefines the character of a well-known style.
MEMBERS OF THE TYPEFACE FAMILY: FR Kraken Slab Bold, Black and Heavy, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, and Thin