«lubmin»: christian bordeaux 
The Lubmin typeface is a product of adaption of a standard character set (by VEB Typoart, Dresden)
that was applied on roadname signs in the former Democratic Republic of Germany. It is, as far as
documented, a production of early Prussian standard typefaces, which were also pattern for nowadays
DIN font. The type went into action in many ways: Road signs, railway and military signals and also
car plates; so almost anywhere a functional, easy reproduceable type was needed.
The original letters were often different from road sign to road sign, because the signpainters had
a variable elaborateness in painting the letters; some shapes are much more angular than others.
So it had been a way of finding a compromise in this case. Also some points were interpreted
in a new way, curves had been changed a little bit to accord readability aspects; but all in all,
the Lubmin type is as original as in the time of the ÇIron CurtainÈ
Lubmin, until now, comes in one cut (otf), just because I didnÕt find any thin, regular or oblique
version of this type. Maybe I work it out as a little family in the future. The font meanwhile
contents two versions of the German ÇEszetÈ: the older, Çberlin-alikeÈ and the more modern style.
Due to itÕs eastern history, it also adheres peculiar east-european accents. In uppercases and big
sized letters, e.g. on posters, Lubmin shows its strong and kind of a brutal character.