It was a privilege to work with Lance Wyman and expand his 1976 letters into a complete font.
F37 Wyman is based on extraordinary lettering work created by celebrated US graphic designer Lance Wyman in 1976. It was commissioned as part of the graphic identity marking 200 years of American Independence. Wyman completed his eye-watering designs in 1970 while working in Mexico, where he’d temporarily relocated after designing his outstanding graphics for the Mexico 68 Olympics. Working with Lance directly, we’ve digitalised his modernist lettering into a working font. Each letter is designed on a grid and uses OpenType to snap each letter into place, creating an even bolder optical illusion. F37 Wyman is perfect for posters, logos or headlines that need to really stand out from the crowd.
F37® × Lance Wyman
• F37 Wyman
• Styles 1
• 2021
The Designer
Over the past 5 decades Lance Wyman has helped to define the field of graphic design.
Born in New Jersey, USA in 1937, Wyman went on to study industrial design at Pratt Institute. In his final year he gravitated towards graphic design before working at General Motors in Detroit and then the George Nelson office in New York. In 1966 he joined the Mexico ’68 Olympics Design Team, where he designed the logotype at the heart of the graphics system. Between 1966–1970 he designed some of the best known logos in Mexico, such as the Metro identity and icon system, World Cup 70, Camino Real, La Moderna, Vanity, Hylsa and Peñoles among others. After returning to New York, Wyman formed a partnership with Bill Cannan (Wyman & Cannan). The office designed identities and wayfinding systems for the National Zoo, the Washington DC Metro, the Jeddah International Airport, and many other cultural and commercial institutions. In 1979, Lance established his own studio, Lance Wyman Ltd. and designed graphic systems for the Minnesota Zoo, the American Museum of Natural History and continued to work on projects in Mexico, most recently the visual identity for Movilidad Integrada (2019) and its different systems of transportation.
Inspiration
F37 Wyman
F37 Wyman Font Sampler
