About NaN Hyena

NaN Hyena is Reymund Schröder’s crisp look at the humanist sans sub-genre, conceived as a sculptural exercise. Reymund, a type Janus, has a two sided practice, one oriented towards the past as a meticulous archivist-historian, the other towards alternate history called Typographic Uchronias. NaN Hyena belongs to the latter. Hyena started as an extrapolation of the work of 20th century calligrapher and type designer Hildegard Korger, a kind of spiritual parenting. With its 3 daytime named subfamilies, NaN Hyena challenges the idea of type hierarchies. It’s thought as a mood spectrum, a subtle play between sharp and soft, as if the shifting light of the sun would cast different shadows on the same object throughout the day bringing familiarity and the unexpected within the same room. Call it Type Impressionism if you like. We cannot not invoke Monet’s studies of the Cathédrale de Rouen here; a series of 30 paintings (1892-1894) of the church’s façade through different times of the day and the year. 

Sunrise, with its concave suctions of the stem reminds one of the crisp blueish morning light, a feeling of newness and a positive look at things to come.

Noon carries the settled confidence of midday, when things have been accomplished but more is to come. Its flat terminals are not here to surprise anyone but it’s not even trying to impress. It doesn’t need to.

Sunset is the golden-light moment of the family, a warm and social light. Rounded but keeping its hair-thin crisp connections, Sunset is a surprisingly comfortable moment you didn’t see coming, an autumnal evening with friends.

With its gender bending exploration of typographic moods through the spectrum of light, NaN Hyena redefines once again, as if needed, the way of making type hierarchies and contrast. As such, Schröder encourages you to use the different levels together on the same page, same word or even overlaid. The question now is, how would Hyena Spring Sparrow’s Fart or Winter Nightfall look like?

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Typeface: NaN Hyena
Designer: Reymund Schröder
Year: 2021-2022
Languages: Supporting 219 latin based languages
Formats: TTF, WOFF2 (Autohinted)

Level 01: “Exogenetic Palpitations”
Level 02:
“A Dipstick Jungle Rave”
 

Level 03:
“Fast Food Stratagème”
Little Did I Know:
Excerpts from Memory
Rudy Havenstein,
monetary policy
& pork expert
Primitive Emotions:
A Tragedy of Revenge
OEFENMATCHEN. KV Mechelen klopt Genk, zuinige zege voor Standard

Rays Center Fielder No. 947 in Draft, No. 1 in Defense

ANALYSE. Iedereen kijkt naar Sagan (behalve zijn eigen team)

Mendes vs. McGregor: UFC 189 Main Event Odds, Predictions and Tale of the Tape

National reaction to Greg Hardy’s reduced suspension: ‘I’m going to throw up in my mouth’

En Turquie, Erdogan plaide l’urgence d’un référendum pour un régime présidentiel à sa mesure

Video: What It’s Like to Face a 150 M.P.H. Tennis Serve

Giants’ Jason Pierre-Paul Should Be Able to Overcome Loss of Finger, Former Players Say

Orienteering’s Key to Winning: Not Getting Lost

Boston’s 2024 Olympic Bid Faces Skepticism Despite New Proposal, Poll Finds

In thermodynamics, entropy is often associated with the amount of order or disorder in a thermodynamic system.
In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts”, a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale. The set went through three limited edition printings before Schmidt suddenly died in early 1980, after which the card decks became rather rare and expensive. Sixteen years later software pioneer Peter Norton convinced Eno to let him create a fourth edition as Christmas gifts for his friends (not for sale, although they occasionally come up at auction). Eno’s decision to revisit the cards and his collaboration with Norton in revising them is described in detail in his 1996 book A Year with Swollen Appendices.
In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts”, a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale. The set went through three limited edition printings before Schmidt suddenly died in early 1980, after which the card decks became rather rare and expensive. Sixteen years later software pioneer Peter Norton convinced Eno to let him create a fourth edition as Christmas gifts for his friends (not for sale, although they occasionally come up at auction). Eno’s decision to revisit the cards and his collaboration with Norton in revising them is described in detail in his 1996 book A Year with Swollen Appendices.
From his famous 1896 Lectures on Gas Theory, Boltzmann diagrams the structure of a solid body, as shown above, by postulating that each molecule in the body has a 'rest position'.
In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts”, a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale. The set went through three limited edition printings before Schmidt suddenly died in early 1980, after which the card decks became rather rare and expensive. Sixteen years later software pioneer Peter Norton convinced Eno to let him create a fourth edition as Christmas gifts for his friends (not for sale, although they occasionally come up at auction). Eno’s decision to revisit the cards and his collaboration with Norton in revising them is described in detail in his 1996 book A Year with Swollen Appendices. With public interest in the cards undiminished, in 2001 Eno once again produced a new set of Oblique Strategies cards. The number and content of the cards vary according to the edition. In May 2013 a limited edition of 500 boxes, in burgundy rather than black, was issued. In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts” a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale.
YOU CAN’T HELP GETTING OLDER, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET OLD.
In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts”, a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale. The set went through three limited edition printings before Schmidt suddenly died in early 1980, after which the card decks became rather rare and expensive. Sixteen years later software pioneer Peter Norton convinced Eno to let him create a fourth edition as Christmas gifts for his friends (not for sale, although they occasionally come up at auction). Eno’s decision to revisit the cards and his collaboration with Norton in revising them is described in detail in his 1996 book A Year with Swollen Appendices. With public interest in the cards undiminished, in 2001 Eno once again produced a new set of Oblique Strategies cards. The number and content of the cards vary according to the edition. In May 2013 a limited edition of 500 boxes, in burgundy rather than black, was issued. In 1970, Peter Schmidt created “The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts” a box containing 55 sentences letterpress printed onto disused prints that accumulated in his studio, which is still in Eno’s possession. Eno, who had known Schmidt since the late 1960s, had been pursuing a similar project himself, which he had handwritten onto a number of bamboo cards and given the name “Oblique Strategies” in 1974. There was a significant overlap between the two projects, and so, in late 1974, Schmidt and Eno combined them into a single pack of cards and offered them for general sale.
I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards, it is the listener who must experiment.
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“ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSẞTUVWXYZ”
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Samples

NaN Hyena Sunrise Ultra /Entropy_(order_and_disorder)
NaN Hyena Sunrise Black The Autobiography of a Species
NaN Hyena Sunrise Bold Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
NaN Hyena Sunrise Semibold Philip James de Loutherbourg
NaN Hyena Sunrise Medium Fleeting graffiti tags – utterances of time
NaN Hyena Sunrise Regular 10Y YIELD UP 10BPS TO 2.65%
NaN Hyena Sunrise Light Another Moon – Kimchi and Chips
NaN Hyena Sunrise Extra Light Kerala State Television Awards 2016
NaN Hyena Sunrise Thin The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
NaN Hyena Noon Ultra Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung
NaN Hyena Noon Black National Institute of Kathak Dance
NaN Hyena Noon Bold Jesus Appears to His Disciples
NaN Hyena Noon Semibold Bleep Mix #232 - Nik Colk Void
NaN Hyena Noon Medium 12:27 PM · Apr 6, 2022 · TweetDeck
NaN Hyena Noon Regular /wiki/Distance#Geometry
NaN Hyena Noon Light The Maraka Gospel According to Bez
NaN Hyena Noon Extra Light For other uses, see Distance (disambiguation)
NaN Hyena Noon Thin Page length (in bytes) 26,229 - ish
NaN Hyena Sunset Ultra Terrifying Lualaba worm lizard
NaN Hyena Sunset Black Viceland (stylized in all caps)
NaN Hyena Sunset Bold We're going to need a bigger font folder
NaN Hyena Sunset Semibold Le Gang des pianos à bretelles
NaN Hyena Sunset Medium La nuit est le moment magique en fin de journée
NaN Hyena Sunset Regular Sein Vater war Håkon Jarl Sigurdsson
NaN Hyena Sunset Light Beckenmaße bezeichnen in der Geburtshilfe
NaN Hyena Sunset Extra Light Aik Htun, born on 10 October 1948 in Mongkai
NaN Hyena Sunset Thin It's always darkest before you're blinded

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