Vialog™ is based on a normally proportioned transportation typeface that Professor Werner Schneider designed as 'Euro Type' for the German Federal Transportation Ministry in 1988. Behind its forms are comprehensive studies of the legibility of European transportation typefaces regarding their optimization and standardization.
Professor Schneider worked with Helmut Ness of the design agency Fuenfwerken to give the typeface a new look. The main idea was to create a space-saving text typeface [...]
Serifs: The serifs of the i, j and l emphasize the text structure and optimized legibility. (See figure 1)
Forms: The practical, open forms lead to optimal identification of the individual characters as well as high degree of legibility in texts. (See figure 2)
Numerals: The forms of the numerals were designed for the unmistakable transmission of important information. The numerals of Vialog™ distinguish themselves through their clarity and uniqueness. The silhouettes of the 6 and the 9 [...]
The Vialog™ typeface family allows an enormous range of typographic applicatons, from external directional signs to print media to screen design.
Vialog™ is no technical construction, rather, a typeface family modeled on optic and aesthetic standards.
The combination of Vialog™ small caps and OSF weights offers a variety of possibilities to give the title or table of content pages of magazines both structure and style.
