BS Staahl

BS Staahl is a modular display typeface developed in collaboration with graphic design studio Enen. Originally designed for the signage system of a school in western Switzerland, it was conceived as a single architectural typeface to be used consistently across the entire site.

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BS Staahl Elementary

Backslanted
Regular
Italic

BS Staahl Middle

Backslanted
Regular
Italic

BS Staahl High

Backslanted
Regular
Italic

Specimen

BS Staahl Middle Regular

›Sculptor‹

BS Staahl Elementary Regular

A band of soil darkens after rain, rich and metallic under a passing cloud. The horizon remains steady, wide, and quietly indifferent.

BS Staahl High Regular

Light filters through a narrow gap in the cliffs, revealing the cool interior of stone. The ground is layered with fragments, slate, ash.

BS Staahl High Backslanted + Italic

See these shadows
a little clearer

BS Staahl Elementary Regular

In the borderlands of New Mexico, the terrain shifts from chalk to rust. Long roads dissolve into heat, mirroring the sky’s pale silence. Wind carries the scent of iron and dust, pressing faint marks into the clay.

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Chaos Bloom

BS Staahl Middle Italic

“[…] Master it, and the world can keep no secrets from you.”

BS Staahl Elementary Backslanted

Perfection is the enemy of perfectly adequate.

BS Staahl High Regular

Light gathers softly at the base of the cliffs, where shadows cool the ground to slate. The scent of dry earth rises after dusk.

BS Staahl Middle Backslanted

Wind shapes the surface of the white sand, rewriting it with every hour.

BS Staahl Middle Regular

Light drifts across the plain, softening the edges of distant hills.

BS Staahl Middle Italic

Water carves fine threads through the earth, vanishing into shadow.

BS Staahl High Regular

Morning rises over the mesas, thin and weightless, turning stone to gold for a fleeting hour. The terrain unfolds in muted gradients: sand, shale, and quiet dust. Wind moves through the canyons like a low current, smoothing the edges of sound. In the distance, weathered formations stand like unfinished sculptures, balanced between erosion and endurance. Each surface tells of pressure, of time compressed into color. Shadows drift slow across the valley floor, tracing invisible boundaries. By noon, the heat hums through metal, salt, and clay. Nothing breaks the rhythm; only light, shifting, returning, and fading again.

BS Staahl Elementary

Path to Exile

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About this font

Year of release: 2025
Version: 1.0
Font Styles: 9 + Variable
Design: Enen Studio & Arthur Schwarz
Team: Maël Bächtold

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BS Staahl is a modular display typeface developed in collaboration with graphic design studio Enen. Originally designed for the signage system of a school in western Switzerland, it was conceived as a single architectural typeface to be used consistently across the entire site.

Its design follows a semi-modular logic, with every outer corner sharing the same radius, echoing elements from the school’s architecture. In contrast, inner junctions are sharply defined, giving each letter a precise, constructed feel. This detail is visible, for example, in the e, where rounded contours meet sharp angled intersections.

BS Staahl features an optical size axis, available as a variable font, with contrast evolving from minimal to pronounced. The family includes three predefined styles, Elementary, Middle and High, each representing a distinct contrast level. Stems remain assertive, while diagonals and horizontals are more restrained, especially in the High style. In addition to these core styles, the typeface is also available in Italic and Backslanted.

The rhythm is compact and robust. Certain glyphs, such as M, N, W and w, break the underlying structure with more opportunistic contrast, adding nuance to the otherwise brutalist typography system. With tight spacing and a high x-height, BS Staahl performs best at large sizes, where its unicase flavor and visual tension can fully emerge.

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Acheron, Achinese, Afar, Afrikaans, Alekano, Alonquin, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Anuta, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Balinese, Banjar, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cofán, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Danish, Dehu, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, English, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Garifuna, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Hani, Hiligaynon, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iloko, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kaonde, Kekchí, Kenzi, Mattokki, Khasi, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kituba (DRC), Kongo, Konzo, Kven Finnish, Ladino, Lombard, Low German, Luba-Lulua, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Makonde, Malagasy, Malaysian, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mohawk, Murrinh-Patha, Mwani, Mískito, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Ndebele, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Nyankole, Occitan, Ojitlán Chinantec, Orma, Oroqen, Palauan, Pampanga, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pipil, Pohnpeian, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Purepecha, Quechua, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Sicilian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tonga (Zambia), Tosk Albanian, Tumbuka, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Venetian, Võro, Walloon, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wiradjuri, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yucateco, Zulu, Záparo.