Koomerang Font Family was designed by published by Type Associates. Koomerang contains 5 styles and family package options. I arrived this concept as a means to fulfil a need for a simple yet radical semi-sans with rounded terminals. My concept called for a modular approach so a single weight font family resulted, the monoline stroke weights being one-eighth of the cap height and the x-height five-eights, the descent two units. Within these constraints I found it was simple to devise an alphabet which met my need for quirkiness whilst retaining its legibility. As for the outline, shadow and contour variants – well they just seem to work. If you are wondering – and you don’t hail from the “Land Downunder” – Canberra is our nation’s capital; Bondi – “water breaking over rocks” a beautiful beach in Sydney; Uluru is the name given to the world’s largest pebble, (formerly known as Ayers Rock); Kakadu is a national park in the “Top End” and Koomerang means “hill of clouds” – all place names in their respective Australian indigenous languages. Come on down – the natives are friendly.
