Travelogue
Travelogue is a display typeface published by WeType, designed by David Jon Walker and Mares Rayeshtyan. It comes in 9 weights, with italics and a variable version. It is one of 7 typefaces from WeType in the Type.lol catalog, 2 of them display.
From the foundry
Travelogue is a typeface based on a hand-drawn masthead from the 1946-47 editions of Victor Green’s Green Book. The Green Book was a classifieds-based travel guide for African-Americans in the United States to provide safe routes for traversing the socially dangerous roads across a nation and advertising welcoming establishments for vacations, overnight stays, or short stops for dining or restroom breaks. The titling typeface is meant to represent the strength and persistence of Black life through travel and experience. The personality of the letterforms and the contrasting weight serves as a nuanced testament to varied life experiences of a people during that timespan.
Published by WeType
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- display
- Weights
- Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Extra Bold, Black
- Variable font
- Yes