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Rektorat Font Family

Rektorat is a type family based on historical letterings originally created in 1933. It was then used for the signage of the modernist building in which the ‘Kunstgewerbe­schule’ (today named as ZHdK) and the ‘Museum für Gestaltung’ moved into, the latter is domicilated there since 85 years. During a renovation of said building in 2001, the original letterings were discovered hidden behind some wallpaper. With students, Rudolf Barmettler traced parts of the characters, refining and fully redrawing them in ink.