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WW2 memorial at ELTE
type design
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public spaces
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2014

World War II memorial at ELTE

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Custom typeface for a World War II monument at Eötvös Loránd University commemorating the university's students and faculty who fell victim to the war.

The names of the victims, along with their most important biographical data, were CNC-milled into bronze rods built into the facades of the school's buildings at its Trefort Garden campus. The stripe is 1 cm in height and 200 meters in length, featuring the names of 198 victims in 9454 characters. 180 kg of bronze have been used.A number of formal limitations imposed upon the design process by the technique of milling strongly determined the typeface's character. As a result, Trefort Grotesk is a unicase, mono-line, condensed sans serif featuring open counters, some stenciled glyphs, and as few stroke joints as possible. Apart from type design the commission included designing various print collateral as well as the website of the project.

Year
2014
Category
type design
,
public spaces
,
Client
Eötvös Loránd University
Designers
Ákos Polgárdi (type design, art direction, graphic design, web design)
Collaborators
Ildikó Bujdosó, János Roth, Levente Szabó, Nóra Szigeti (architecture), Farkas Albert, Tamás Albert, Kristóf Albert (metal works), Circumstances Creative Co. (web development), Péter György (project management)
Execution
XFER
Typeface
Custom
Material
CNC-milled bronze rods
Photos
Ákos Polgárdi, Gábor Sióréti
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