Font Reviews 2024: Yumex

Designed by DualType
Distributed by OhNo Type Co.
Font family: 2 subfamilies (Yumex + Yumex Script), 2 styles (roman + oblique), and 7 weights. 21 static fonts + 2 variable fonts

This font review was originally written in Spanish, the second most spoken native language in the world. English version of the review below.

La tipografía Yumex de DualType (Zrinka Buljubašić + Gen Ramirez) publicada por OhNo Type Co es uno de los proyectos más llamativos de 2024, a mi criterio. Destaca por su versatilidad y personalidad; que se nutre del legado Yu-Mex dando como resultado un proyecto meticuloso y sumamente bien ejecutado.

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Multiscriptual Typesetting

Last month I had the honor of creating the graphics for Designing without Borders, a three-part lecture series hosted by AIGA NY and the TDC. The design process was a collaboration between myself and the event organizers; Caspar Lam, Juan Villanueva, and Lynne Yun, which led to an ambitious undertaking of designing with a dozen languages. This experience was equally rewarding as it was challenging. It inspired me to continue pushing my understanding of typography by going beyond what is linguistically familiar.

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