typography chess set

hat-trick have designed a typographic chess set based on chess notation, K for king etc. The forms are based on the typeface champion (lightweight) by hoefler frere jones. This unique twist on typography and chess was an arduous process that started over 5 years ago. Jim Sutherland of hat trick described the process as “a really tricky production in order to get the fine detail and the counters sharp etc, plus making sure everything stood up properly for example the Q and P had to be redrawn for stability and the ‘Kt’ ligature for knight was redrawn.”