Łucja

ŁUCJA OŹMIN WAS A DISTINGUISHED POLISH VISUAL ARTIST ACTIVE FROM THE 1940S TO THE END OF THE 1990S. SHE AND HER HUSBAND JÓZEF WORKED AS A TEAM TO CREATE DOZENS OF MONUMENTAL FRESCOES FOR CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT POLAND AND ABROAD, THOUGH EACH HAD A THRIVING SOLO CAREER AS WELL. HER GRANDDAUGHTER KASIA OŹMIN COMMISSIONED US TO DESIGN ŁUCJA AS AN EXCLUSIVE TYPEFACE FOR HER DUBLIN-BASED DESIGN STUDIO, TOGETHER WE CREATE, BASED ON A POSTER FOR A 1974 SHOW OF ŁUCJA’S GRAPHIC WORK, WHICH DISPLAYED THE ARTIST’S NAME IN A BLOCKY, SLIGHTLY ROUNDED SANS WE’D NEVER SEEN. WE EXTRAPOLATED THE FULL TYPEFACE FROM THOSE TEN LETTERS. (THE EAGLE-EYED FLORIAN HARDWIG LATER IDENTIFIED THE MYSTERY FACE AS THE IDŹKOWSKI FOUNDRY’S BLOK CIĘŻKI, BUT BY THAT TIME, ŁUCJA WAS ALREADY ŁUCJA.) A SHARP-CORNERED VERSION PROVIDES A SUBTLE VARIATION IN TONE.