TYPE DESIGN
Excerpts from Master Type Design theses
with Anniina Koivu, Roland Früh, Wayne Daly
Projects
TYPE DESIGN
Romain Tronchin – Supertifo
with Kai Bernau, Marie Lusa
Supertifo is a typeface family of five styles inspired by the lettering on the banners of ultras. Born at the beginning of the 1970s in the Years of Lead in Italy, ultras were inspired by communist groups to support their club with banners, chants and smoke bombs, taking this passion to the extreme. At the same time, a group of scientists called the Club of Rome published an alarming report about the future of the planet. This report did not have the expected impact and 50 years later the situation is more than worrying. What would have happened if the Club of Rome had been supported by a group of ultras, like a football club?