2019 Winner
Typeface Design
Chek Lap Sans
Chek Lap Sans
Category—Student Typeface Design
2019 Winner
Typeface Design
Chek Lap Sans
Designer(s)
Tsz Yan Kwong, Hong Kong
Additional Credits
SCHOOL: School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PROFESSOR: Brian Kwok
CONCEPT:
Chek Lap Sans is a Traditional Chinese typeface designed specifically for signage of the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, aiming for both functionality and personality. The typeface is designed with considerations of legibility under negative polarity display, to suit the need of the current blue light-box signs with white text. It has generous negative spaces within character, optical adjustments to compensate the glowing effect, and subtle features that contribute to its visual identity. It also includes relevant icons with references to the local context. Several design decisions were informed by the findings from user tests.
View the complete set of 150 Chinese characters and 39 icons here.