After completing an apprenticeship as an engraver, Daniel Lanz spent 20 years carving letterforms and contours into metal. A second apprenticeship in typographic design – with intensive study of works by Gill, Meier, and Frutiger – considerably depend his interest in the forms and effects of typography.
Digitizing hand-drawn sketches into the skeletal forms of the alphabet, Lanz began developing various ideas for broader typeface designs. His work on Diverda™ for Linotype began 2002. An initial sans serif design developed into a full-fledged family over the next two years.
In 2006 he founded Lafonts with new typefaces by himself and other designers.
After completing an apprenticeship as an engraver, Daniel Lanz spent 20 years carving letterforms and contours into metal. A second apprenticeship in typographic design – with intensive study of works by Gill, Meier, and Frutiger – considerably depend his interest in the forms and effects of typography.
Digitizing hand-drawn sketches into the skeletal forms of the alphabet, Lanz began developing various ideas for broader typeface designs. His work on Diverda™ for Linotype began 2002. An initial sans serif design developed into a full-fledged family over the next two years.
In 2006 he founded Lafonts with new typefaces by himself and other designers.