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Base's new identity for New York's Meatpacking District reflects past and present.

"The new look has been rolled out over the past few weeks and centres around a word mark with contrasting bold and light typefaces. Base says the contrast 'pays homage to the history and provenance of the district while capturing the renaissance currently taking place in the neighbourhood.'" — Rachael Steven,

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The typefaces arePlatform, a recent exploration of basic geometric forms by Berton Hasebe, andRomana, a German design rooted in 19th-century Oldstyle type from France. The two faces are clear contrasts between modern and traditional, as well as mechanical and human. Romana was a good choice for the serif side because its high-waisted 'G' and long-legged 'R' are distinctive shapes, emphasizing the difference between hand-wrought letters and the cold, crude geometry of Platform.

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