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Gingerbread Typeface

Typeface Family Design

This typeface family was developed with the intention of harmonizing dichotomies. I set out to bring together the notion of sans and serif, round versus square, strength versus softness. I was hoping to create something that was fully functional as a text face, but would maintain enough impact and quirk to be used as a display face: serene and dreamy, but powerful.

 

Through explorations on rounded sans and humanist slabs, Gingerbread, a storybook typeface emerged, referencing the fairy tale fable of Hansel and Gretel. It has a significant sense of playful sweetness, while remaining a little contemporary and off-kilter. It hosts an extremely wide variety of glyphs that add to the charm. Examples include the triple-f glyph, relevant only to German language, which is where the Hansel and Gretel story originates from, or the “candy” dingbats that lend this face flair.