Mister K Splendid
by Julia Sysmäläinen
In his diaries Franz Kafka’s contemporaries live on in detailed characterizations, often spiced with irony: “… two friends, one of them blond, resembling Richard Strauss, smiling, reserved, clever; the other dark, correctly dressed, well mannered yet firm, too dainty, lisped; both of them gourmets, kept drinking wine, coffee, beer, brandy, smoked incessantly, one poured for the other …”
These two young men – Franz Kafka met them in summer 1914 – and Kafka’s unique handwritten diary notes were inspiration and source for the typeface pair FF Mister K Splendid & FF Mister K Splendid Light.
These two young men – Franz Kafka met them in summer 1914 – and Kafka’s unique handwritten diary notes were inspiration and source for the typeface pair FF Mister K Splendid & FF Mister K Splendid Light.
It’s the positive features combined with little faults and exaggerations that make the friends in Kafka’s diary and also the Splendid typeface duo so sympathetic: a splendid “semiperfect” pair.
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Mister K Splendid Light
Mister K Splendid Regular
Mister K family members received a Certificate of Typographic Excellence at the Moscow Modern Cyrillic Competition, an ISTD Premier Award in London and a TDC Award at the New York Type Directors Club Typeface Design Competition.
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More info: ffmisterk.com & juliasys.com
