Font of the Week — Din

Posted By Lissa Eckert — December 5, 2016

You may recognize Din and not even know it— it’s most popular for it’s use in traffic signs around the world. Created in Germany in 1931, Din actually stands for Deutsches Institut für Normung, or the German Institute for Standardization. Din’s clean, grid-based type was meant to convey simple messages quickly with it’s wide spacing and slight thinning on the curved strokes.

Our Font of the Week images are created by Emily Clark, an Expert Production Artist at CustomInk and a self-declared font addict. Font of the Week fuels Emily’s passion to research and learn more about beloved typefaces like Din. What font should Emily feature next? Sound off in the comments below!

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Lissa is the Site Content Specialist at Custom Ink. She hopes to create content that engages and inspires customers. Lissa loves to see ideas of hers brought to life by customer's orders!

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