NYC Sans typeface

NYC Sans is a typeface originally commissioned by New York City’s official tourism agency, NYC & Company, as their brand typeface. The design began with my digitization of the type system from the 1970 NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual. But that font – which was used for the reprint edition of the manual – required many modifications for broader contemporary usage. In collaboration with Jeremy Mickel and with design direction from Emily Lessard, additional weights and refinements were developed to arrive at the new typeface.