SHOWCASE
TYPOGRAPHY FOR DOT MAGAZINE
MARÇAL PRATS
behance.net/gallery/88158537/Dot-Magazine
Marçal Prats created bespoke minimalist
font DD Dot for art magazine Dot,
inspired by Bauhaus designer Herbert
Bayer’s 1925 Universal Type proposals.
The issue celebrated the 2019 Bauhaus
centenary, and Marçal was brought in by
London studio Double Decker to create
the design and layout.
“Like an actor playing his favourite
character, I decided to put myself in the
shoes of Herbert Bayer,” says Marçal.
Herbert’s work initially informed the
issue logo, and from the letters d and t
Marçal developed the entire DD Dot
character set, including light, bold and
black variants. His self-imposed rules
were to use only straight lines, perfect
circle sections and constant thicknesses
to create “the minimum expression
that a typeface can be.” Marçal used
Adobe extension Fontself Maker “for its
simplicity and immediacy,’’ adding that
just as brands use a bespoke font as part
of a distinct communication tool, ‘’the
identity of Dot magazine lives in its DD
Dot font.”
Dot magazine’s
celebration of the
Bauhaus centenary
featured a bespoke
font created by graphic
designer Marçal Prats.
