{"id":49283,"date":"2018-03-28T07:55:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=49283"},"modified":"2024-04-17T06:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T13:20:32","slug":"beyno-black-panther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/beyno-black-panther","title":{"rendered":"The Story of BEYNO, That Awesome Font You Saw on Black Panther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last February, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures released Black Panther: a thrilling story about a hero that saves the technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjDjIWPwcPU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br>\nThe vivid details and process involved in creating the world of Wakanda caught the attention of designers around the globe. Many of them noticed &#8220;that title font&#8221; that was, at once, modern, minimalist, and intricate.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49286\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2018\/03\/28070335\/moe0400_1_title.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"708\"><br>\nOn March 5th, production designer Hannah Beachler confirmed that the Black Panther team had used BEYNO, a sans serif futuristic font created by Creative Market shop owner <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/fabiankorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabian Korn<\/a>. The font is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/fabiankorn\/2327560-BEYNO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available<\/a> for $7.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The English font was Beyno. The Wakandan was our design, and then there was also logography. Everyone spoke Xhosa. A lot going on in the language and font department.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Beachler (@chinchilla1970) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chinchilla1970\/status\/970671911217893376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\nWe couldn&#8217;t wait to hear more about his background and creative process, and here&#8217;s the inspiring story we found.<\/p>\n\n    <figure id=\"card-2327560-1159132120\" class=\"product-card full 1\" data-product-id=\"2327560\" data-index=\"0\" data-width=\"full\" data-pin_it=\"1\" data-module=\"Product Embed\" data-block-id=\"1159132120\"><\/figure>\n    \n\n<p><strong><em> Hi Fabian. Could you share a bit about your background? How did you get started with design and what do you currently work on? <\/em><\/strong><br>\nI&#8217;m Fabian Korn from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. I studied Graphic Design at F+F Schule f\u00fcr Kunst und Design in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland. After working for various design agencies, I decided to go my own path and started working as an independent designer\/freelance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcUrOFaBiKP\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcUrOFaBiKP\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de F+F Schule f\u00fcr Kunst (@ffzhart)<\/a> el <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-12-05T13:57:45+00:00\">Dic 5, 2017 at 5:57 PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br>\nThe fact that I basically get to work wherever I want was the main reason that motivated me. I like to travel and find it to be a great way to see things and get inspired but also be able to make an income.<br>\nAfter years of freelancing, I started a collaborative design studio called FORMAT KOLLEKTIV in 2018 and that&#8217;s my main focus now.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2018\/03\/28072227\/e151af40548221.5784a5e1d9ac9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1404\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49292\"><q>You can check out Fabian&#8217;s design work in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/40548221\/other-space_s-Branding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Behance portfolio<\/a><\/q><br>\n<strong><em> What inspired you to create Beyno? <\/em><\/strong><br>\nBEYNO was made on a trip to Nizza (Nice). I was inspired by the diversity of cultures in southern France, as well as the mix of high society and working class, historical buildings, and modern architecture. I found inspiration in the contrast and blending of old values and modern innovative thinking.<\/p>\n\n    <figure id=\"card-2324413-1663589781\" class=\"product-card full no-pinit\" data-product-id=\"2324413\" data-index=\"0\" data-width=\"full\" data-pin_it=\"no-pinit\" data-module=\"Product Embed\" data-block-id=\"1663589781\"><\/figure>\n    \n\n<p>That motivated me to create hundreds of sketches and glyphs and that&#8217;s when BEYNO was born.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49290\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2018\/03\/28071605\/beyno_alphabet_zeichenfla%CC%88che-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1754\" height=\"1241\"><br>\nEven though I hate the word, I really think it was the whole &#8220;vibe&#8221; of the place that became the source of inspiration for this font.<br>\n<strong><em> Why do you think BEYNO is a great fit for the Black Panther movie?&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br>\nI think it&#8217;s a good fit because the movie itself is revolutionary and a new chapter in movie history. The font is also new, and I hope in the future there will be more like it.<br>\nWe need more special and unique fonts to define a certain period in design culture. We do not need a Helvetica 8.0. In the end, it&#8217;s about finding a middle ground between progress and respect for the values of classic typography.<br>\n<strong><em>What&#8217;s the plan with BEYNO and your Creative Market shop moving forward?<\/em><\/strong><br>\nThe plan is to make a more complex version of BEYNO with more glyphs and maybe even some animations. Other than that, there are a lot of different fonts that will come in the future and we are also working on a font software that can facilitate that.<\/p>\n\n    <figure id=\"card-1243385-773001023\" class=\"product-card full 1\" data-product-id=\"1243385\" data-index=\"0\" data-width=\"full\" data-pin_it=\"1\" data-module=\"Product Embed\" data-block-id=\"773001023\"><\/figure>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last February, Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures released Black Panther: a thrilling story about a hero that saves the technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda from being dragged into a world war. The vivid details and process involved in creating the world of Wakanda caught the attention of designers around the globe. 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