Old Factory Signage + Eurostile = Elliptical Sans-Serif Typeface, Halisa

Name: Halisa Designer: Jan Estrada-Osmycki Foundry: The Designers Foundry Release Date: September 2021 Back Story: The inspiration for Halisa was a single cut, uppercase-only hand-painted type seen on some old factory signage. Estrada-Osmycki was also influenced by Swiss neo-grotesque fonts but wanted to make something fresh. The designer says, “At the start, the letters were looking too much like a Microgramma/Eurostile...