JL Pirelli
JL Pirelli is a sans-serif typeface published by Jung-Lee Type Foundry in 2018, designed by Karel Martens and Jungmyung Lee. It comes in 5 weights, with italics. It is one of 6 typefaces from Jung-Lee Type Foundry in the Type.lol catalog, 3 of them sans-serif.
From the foundry
JL Pirelli is a collaborative revival typeface developed by Karel Martens and Jungmyung Lee (2017–2018). The designers describe it as a revival of an anonymous grotesk typeface, featuring mostly horizontal and vertical features with a mono-line structure and an absence of flourishes that convey a concise expression. A distinctive design characteristic is the unusually high-waisted capitals, visible in all letters with bars such as E, F, and P, which evokes earlier Art Nouveau and Secessionist lettering while maintaining contemporary contrast between uppercase and lowercase widths.
Published by Jung-Lee Type Foundry
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- sans
- Weights
- Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold
- Released
- 2018