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