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Freya
Ask for the last few remaining Freya samples, printed on special stock with gold foil.

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Weights
Freya has four weights, which are intended for text sizes. Freya Display with the same four weights is published soon.

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Basic characters
Uppercase, lowercase and small caps.

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Accented characters
Supported languages include Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Galician, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sami, Serbian (in the Latin script), Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Walloon, and more.

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Figures
Freya has Proportional Oldstyle, Proportional Lining, and Small Capital figures, plus all three sets as Tabular Figures (Tabular Lining as default). There are also Superscript and Inferior figures.

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Ligatures
Freya has the basic ligatures as well as additional ligatures, which are produced by the Discretionary Ligatures feature.

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Fractions, currency symbols etc.
Freya has fractions, currency symbols, an alternate ampersand, parentheses, square, curly and angular brackets, as well as other punctuation symbols.

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Test and buy
Please visit www.vllg.com for more information, downloadable PDFs, type tester and licensing.

8/8

Weights
Freya Display has four weights, which are optimal for large sizes like headlines.

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Basic characters
Uppercase, lowercase and small caps.

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Figures
Freya Display has Proportional Oldstyle, Proportional Lining, and Small Capital figures, plus all three sets as Tabular Figures (Tabular Lining as default). There are also Superscript and Inferior figures.

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Ligatures
Freya Display has the basic ligatures as well as additional ligatures, which are produced by the Discretionary Ligatures feature.

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Swashes
Freya Display Italics are equipped with some capitals with swashes. These function as initials, embellishing any text.

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Test and buy
Freya Display is soon published by Village. Stay tuned!

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Vinkel
Vinkel samples are available, please ask.

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Weights
Vinkel has eight weights with italics.

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Basic characters
Uppercase, lowercase and small caps.

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Alternate characters
The alternate characters are produced by Vinkel’s three Stylistic Sets.

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Figures
Vinkel has Proportional Oldstyle, Proportional Lining (as default), and Small Capital figures, plus all three sets as Tabular Figures. Furthermore, the tabular figures are of equal width in all the weights. There are also Superscript, Numerator, Denominator and Inferior figures.

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Ligatures and additional characters
Vinkel has the basic ligatures. Arrows with open and closed circles come with all weights, as well as boxes, circles, triangles etc.

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Fractions and circled numbers
Vinkel has fractions and also circled numbers. The two-digit numbers (00-99) are produced by the Discretionary Ligatures feature.

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Test and buy
Please visit Typolar, www.typolar.com for more information, downloadable PDFs, type tester and licensing.

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Fjodor
Fjodor is the sans serif cousin of Freya, with the same feel and rhythm, compatible vertical metrics and similar tone in body copy.

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Fjodor
Fjodor has the same extensive Latin character set as Freya...

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Fjodor
...plus the Cyrillic character set.

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Fjodor
Fjodor has alternate characters, many styles of numbers, etc.

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Fjodor
The 85th anniversary book of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra is set with Freya (Estonian) and Fjodor (English). Design by DF Ltd, www.df.ee, 2011.

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Fjodor
Fjodor in use. The 85th anniversary book of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.

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Fjodor
Fjodor in use. The 85th anniversary book of Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.

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Kunskapens rike / Tiedon valtakunnassa
Fjodor in use. The history of the National Library of Finland by Rainer Knapas spans over 460 pages. Separate editions in Finnish and in Swedish. Fyodor together with Freya. Design by Markus Itkonen.

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Kunskapens rike / Tiedon valtakunnassa
The history of the National Library of Finland. Fyodor together with Freya. Design by Markus Itkonen.

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Fjodor
Fjodor is now in its beta phase. Ask for test fonts!

10/10

Yle
Custom type family for Yle, The Finnish Broadcasting Company. Six weights, with italics and condensed versions, all in all 18 fonts. Launched in spring 2012 as a part of Yle´s visual redesign. Available for general licensing in 2014.

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Yle
Custom type family for Yle, The Finnish Broadcasting Company. Basic character set of the Regular weight.

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Yle
Supported languages include Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Galician, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Sami, Serbian (in the Latin script), Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Walloon, and more.

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Yle
Yle family has Proportional Oldstyle, Proportional Lining, and Small Capital figures, plus all three sets as Tabular Figures. There are also Superscript and Inferior figures.

4/8

Yle
The Finnish Broadcasting Company aims to use exclusively its new own font family. Here the annual report, design by Heidi Grönroos, Ili Marttinen and Laura Rahinantti.

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Yle
The annual report of Yle, inside pages.

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Yle
Some screenshots from the TV2 channel.

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Yle
Yle font family is designed and produced exclusively for Yle, but it will become available for general licensing in 2014.

8/8

Masters of Arts 2008
The catalog and magazine for the graduation exhibition of University of Art and Design, Helsinki. Art direction: Jonathan Hildén, Iira Oivo, Konsta Ojala, Niina Turtola.

1/21

Horchen was Bach zu sagen hat
Anniversary publication of the 100-year-old choir, The Basler Bach-Chor. Art direction and design by Büro4, Zurich.

2/21

Horchen was Bach zu sagen hat
Anniversary publication of the 100-year-old choir, The Basler Bach-Chor. Art direction and design by Büro4, Zurich.

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Horchen was Bach zu sagen hat
Anniversary publication of the 100-year-old choir, The Basler Bach-Chor. Art direction and design by Büro4, Zurich.

4/21

Parliament of Finland
Brochures and other publications of Parliament of Finland. Freya together with Freya Display. Art direction and design by Werklig.

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Parliament of Finland
Brochures and other publications of Parliament of Finland. Art direction and design by Werklig.

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Parliament of Finland
Brochures and other publications of Parliament of Finland. Art direction and design by Werklig.

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The Feltron Report
Using various refined printing techniques, the Feltron 2010/2011 Biennial Report explores Nicholas Felton´s life to visualize how his personality varies based on location and company. See more at Feltron.

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Kunskapens rike / Tiedon valtakunnassa
The history of the National Library of Finland by Rainer Knapas spans over 460 pages. Separate editions in Finnish and in Swedish. Freya together with Fyodor. Design by Markus Itkonen.

11/21

Kunskapens rike / Tiedon valtakunnassa
The history of the National Library of Finland. A section heading shows the asymmetrical serif structure of Freya.

12/21

De Telegraaf
The biggest daily paper of the Netherlands uses Freya stirred and shaken in its weekend supplement, recently redesigned by Garcia Media.

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De Telegraaf
The biggest daily paper of the Netherlands uses Freya stirred and shaken in its weekend supplement, recently redesigned by Garcia Media.

14/21

Taiteilijoiden Kalevala
A special anniversary edition of the Finnish epic Kalevala, illustrated by contemporary artists. Art direction: Anne Kaikkonen.

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Taiteilijoiden Kalevala
A special anniversary edition of the Finnish epic Kalevala, illustrated by contemporary artists. Art direction: Anne Kaikkonen.

16/21

Gottberg-Kåhre Project
Invitation, poster and banners for the art exhibition in Amos Anderson museum by painter Susanne Gottberg and sculptor Markus Kåhre. Art direction: Jesper Vuori.

17/21

Gottberg-Kåhre Project
Invitation, poster and banners for the art exhibition in Amos Anderson museum by painter Susanne Gottberg and sculptor Markus Kåhre. Art direction: Jesper Vuori.

18/21

Helsingin Juhlaviikot
Advertisements, brochures and a magazine for Helsinki Festival, the biggest cultural event in Finland. Art direction: Bob Helsinki.

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Helsingin Juhlaviikot
Advertisements, brochures and a magazine for Helsinki Festival, the biggest cultural event in Finland. Art direction: Bob Helsinki.

20/21

Helsingin Juhlaviikot
Advertisements, brochures and a magazine for Helsinki Festival, the biggest cultural event in Finland. Art direction: Bob Helsinki.

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Arhinmäki presidentiksi
Let´s elect the best typeface this time. Paavo Arhinmäki and Vinkel in the same portrait in presidential campaign poster. Art direction: Banzai Marketing.

1/13

Ars Fennica 2009
Invitations, posters, exhibition graphics and a book for the art exhibition in Kiasma museum by five contemporary artists. Art direction: Saku Heinänen and Christel Rönns.

2/13

Ars Fennica 2009
Invitations, posters, exhibition graphics and a book for the art exhibition in Kiasma museum by five contemporary artists. Art direction: Saku Heinänen and Christel Rönns.

3/13

Ars Fennica 2009
Invitations, posters, exhibition graphics and a book for the art exhibition in Kiasma museum by five contemporary artists. Art direction: Saku Heinänen and Christel Rönns.

4/13

Suosikki
Redesign of the Finnish youth magazine. Art direction: Tinka Lindroth.

5/13

Suosikki
Redesign of the Finnish youth magazine. Art direction: Tinka Lindroth.

6/13

Laakkonen
Laakkonen car sellers celebrated their 50th anniversary with a redesign of their corporate identity. Design by AD Teemu Kurko and graphic designer Fredrik Stürmer, agency King.

7/13

Laakkonen
Laakkonen corporate identity. Design by AD Teemu Kurko and graphic designer Fredrik Stürmer, agency King.

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Laakkonen
Laakkonen newspaper ad.

9/13

Helsinki Info
Helsinki Info is published by the City of Helsinki, and delivered to every household in the capital. In 2011 the format changed into trimmed tabloid. The new layout was done by Saku Heinänen and Jesper Vuori.

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Opettajan selviytymisoppi
Cover for Survival guide for teachers – a humorous book for education professionals by Aino Kontula. Art direction: Saku Heinänen.

12/13

Opettajan selviytymisoppi
Cover for Survival guide for teachers – a humorous book for education professionals by Aino Kontula. Art direction: Saku Heinänen.

13/13

Redesign of the Psykologi (Psychologist) magazine.
Freya, Freya Display and National (Klim/Village). Art direction: Nimiö (www.nimio.fi).

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Redesign of the Psykologi (Psychologist) magazine.
Freya, Freya Display and National (Klim/Village). Art direction: Nimiö (www.nimio.fi).

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Redesign of the Psykologi (Psychologist) magazine.
Freya, Freya Display and National (Klim/Village). Art direction: Nimiö (www.nimio.fi).

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Svensk bokkonst
The printed material for the competition and exhibition of the best designed Swedish books of 2011: invitation card, poster and book. Design by Fredrik Andersson, FamiljenPangea.

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Svensk bokkonst
The invitation card is relief-printed on thick uncoated stock. Design by Fredrik Andersson, FamiljenPangea.

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Svensk bokkonst
The catalogue book also has relief-printed label with high-gloss varnish. Design by Fredrik Andersson, FamiljenPangea.

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Svensk bokkonst
The catalogue book also has relief-printed label with high-gloss varnish. Design by Fredrik Andersson, FamiljenPangea.

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Itsevalaisevat
Book cover for Marko Hautala’s novel. Published by Tammi. Art direction: Saku Heinänen.

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Via Stockholms Hamnar
A magazine for Stockholm’s harbors. Art direction: Tobias Berving.

9/9

Magazine design
Moda magazine by Otavamedia was redesigned in the early 2011. Logotype by Saku Heinänen, art direction by Annukka Saikkonen.

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Magazine design
KG magazine by Otavamedia was redesigned in the early 2011. Art direction Saku Heinänen and Annukka Saikkonen.

2/17

Identity design
Logotype and corporate identity for Communicea Ltd, specializing in communication processes.

3/17

Magazine design
Several designs, redesigns and logo designs for Finnish magazines: Image, Me Naiset, Olivia, Suomen Kuvalehti, Blue Wings, Talouselämä etc.

4/17

Newspaper design
Design and redesign of newspapers and their supplements: Vihreä Lanka, Taloussanomat, Iltalehti etc.

5/17

Identity design
Corporate identity for book publishers Tammi: a special plastic bag for Tammi’s own book store.

6/17

Identity design
Signage and other graphics for Tammi’s spot in the book fare.

7/17

Identity design
Bulletins for Tammi.

8/17

Identity design
Wrapping ribbon for the book publishers Tammi.

9/17

Stamp design
Postage stamps for Itella about the climate change.

10/17

Stamp design
Postage stamps for Itella about the climate change.

11/17

Identity design
Posters, flyers and advertisements for the annual jazz music event DIG.

12/17

Identity design
Posters, flyers and advertisements for the annual jazz music event DIG.

13/17

Identity design
Logotype for a jewelry designer.

14/17

Identity design
Corporate identity for Financial Management Uniikki. The name means "unique", which is illustrated by the alternative forms of the logotype - each employee has his or her unique logo.

15/17

Identity design
Logotype for the architecture studio ARKLAB Stockholm.

16/17

Personal project
The eternal school schedule for the kids: the subjects can be rearranged every year.

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Saku Heinänen has a long career as a graphic designer and type designer. The versatile and friendly Freya was his first typeface family, and it is distributed by Village. Vinkel is a large sans serif family, distributed by the Finnish type foundry Typolar. A custom type family for Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company) is his most extensive commissioned type design.

Saku has worked as lecturer and professor of Visual Communication Design in Aalto University, and continues there as a part-time teacher.

Saku is currently active as writer and illustrator. His first book, a novel for children called Zaida ja lumienkeli (Zaida and the Snow Angel) came out in 2014 to critical acclaim and was nominated for the Finlandia Junior and Arvid Lydecken prizes. The independent sequel, Zaida ja elovalkeat (Zaida and the Heat Lightning) was published in May 2015. In 2016, he illustrated Salla Simukka´s novel Sisarla (Sisterland).