Urós is said to have been fascinated with such experimental yet regimented letter shapes since early childhood, and this project was a way for him to study them in depth and use them to create a functional typeface.
No prizes for guessing who Joost is named after (yes, it’s Bauhaus typographer Joost Schmidt.) When José Manuel Urós first created the typeface in 1995, he drew from Schmidt’s poster bauhaus im gewerbemuseum basel, as well as the broader structures and styles of Bauhaus type.
