Te Papa Press
Award for Best Typography 2025

Winner

Designer: Arch & Jane MacDonnell, Inhouse

Title: Japan: An Autobiography

Publisher: Six Point Press
Format: 195 x 120mm, 160pp, section Sewn in 12 with red thread. Gatefold cover. Diecut cover with one window that reveals an image on the reverse of the cover flap.

Typography:  The Future and Heldane

 

 

Judges’ comments The typography in Japan is well considered, the font choices are elegant and classic, with the consistent use of Kris Sowersby’s Heldene typeface for the text that runs without a break from start to finish. This is paired with The Future for the side notes and captions in striking vermilion red, an ode to Shinto.

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