New Release: The Arizona Type Specimen 2
With our first edition of The Arizona Type Specimen sold out in just under a year, we’re releasing our second, sky blue/dirt brown edition today.
Thank you to everyone who bought the first one — and to all of our stockists around the world! Hopefully this updated run will win itself a space on your bookshelves, too; it comes complete with an updated Pantone color palette, a troupe of animals illustrated by Célestin Krier, and caterpillar green spiral binding. Let’s take a closer look!
This five color, split-page specimen showcases ABC Arizona, the first ever sans-to-serif Variable Font that packages its five looks — Serif, Text, Mix, Flare, and Sans — into one single file.
Designed by Studio HanLi, the book mirrors Arizona’s countless combinations through its split structure. You can mix and match the half pages to discover the typeface’s vast system, just like monster picture books for kids.
An essay by type historian Ferdinand Ulrich places ABC Arizona in conversation with other sans to serif experiments from the past, including Otl Aicher’s Rotis. And Célestin’s new illustrations let you create your own frankenstein experiments by mix-matching animal bodies and legs.
290 x 230 mm, offset printed on 250g Arena White Smooth paper at Druckhaus Sportflieger in Berlin. Plus a 580g Arena White Smooth cover
Ferdinand's essay runs through the publication five times, each time with a different layout, color, and Arizona sub-family.
Printed in five colors: Blue: Pantone 306U (blue), Pantone 375U (green), Pantone 266U (purple), Pantone 1585U (orange), Pantone 724U (brown)
About the Designers
Elias Hanzer (originally hailing from Vienna) and Lucas Liccini (Berlin born and bred) co-founded Studio HanLi in 2018. Operating from the leafy backyards of the Schöneberger Crelle-Kiez, the partnership specializes in graphic design, typography, and bespoke typefaces. As of 2022, the studio also manages the platform HAL Typefaces, an independent vendor for digital fonts and typographic exploration. In 2021, Elias published his ABC Arizona typeface with us.
The making of in three parts: inspiration phase
Elias and Lukas at work
Being real. All photography by Nora Hollstein ♥️
The leaves of Crelle-Kiez
3 mystery members of HAL
