EC Innovations
Typography
At the heart of the identity is our unique typographic voice. Type influences the tone of language and brand expression.
Primary typeface
Haffer is our primary typeface.
Haffer is used in both upper and lower cases.
Haffer
Displaay Type Foundry
Supporting typeface
Copernicus is our supporting typeface.
Copernicus is used in used in sentence case only.
Copernicus
Labor and Wait Foundry
Weights
Type weight provides hierarchy to distinguish between pieces of information. Use this as a guide for typeface weights employed in our brand.
Haffer Bold
Haffer Regular
Copernicus Medium
Specimen
Typefaces transfer the voice of an organization to the reader.
Haffer Bold
Haffer Regular
Copernicus Regular
Setting type
When setting type, the leading should be consistent across various applications. Leading refers to the space between lines of text.
Leading can be calculated with the following formulas. Type sizes are for example only. When calculations are in decimal points. Round the calculations up, or down to the nearest whole number.
Headline / Display
Copernicus Medium
46/150pt
Sentence case
Type size × 1.15 = leading. Headlines at 80pt would have 92pt leading.
Subhead
Haffer Bold
22/36pt
Upper case
Type size × 1.45 = leading. Subheads at 22pt would have 32pt leading.
Body
Söhne Buch
15/21pt
Sentence case
Type size × 1.4 = leading
Body copy at 14pt would have 20pt leading.
Hierarchy
Size, scale and position all play a factor in how information is read. Always ensure there is a purposeful difference between type sizes. Type sizes are for example only.
Headline
Copernicus
80/88pt
Sentence case
Headlines nulla vitae euismod sem. Integer ut vehicula mauris.
Subhead
Haffer Bold
30/36pt
Sentence case
Subheads suspendisse aliquet at dui eu pellentesque. In dui turpis, mollis vel est ullamcorper, bibendum consectetur massa.
Body
Haffer Regular
15/21pt
Sentence case
Body phasellus at ornare mauris, eu viverra tellus. Curabitur sit amet lorem lorem. Praesent vel turpis ex. Pellentesque in felis ante. In massa dolor, porta sed dictum non, gravida et urna. Phasellus imperdiet ligula eu neque blandit, vitae lacinia augue consequat.
Testing type
Select a type field to test out individual typefaces of our type family.
Headline
Söhne Halbfett
Sentence case
Subhead
Haffer Bold
Sentence case
Body
Haffer Regular
Sentence case
Don’ts
Do not diminish the value of typography in our brand. Avoid the following treatments.
Don’t use other typefaces
Don’t use incorrect leading values
Don’t use incorrect tracking values
Next
For any questions about using these guidelines, please contact:
www.ecinnovations.com/connect