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A versatile typeface inspired by Orson Welles' Citizen Kane

Combining a love of classic cinema and contemporary art, Kane Display is a lovely little typeface created by design studio Think Work Observe.

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All images courtesy of Think Work Observe

Based in Udine, Italy, Think Work Observe initially created the typeface in 2014 as a lettering system inspired by the woodblock type posters for Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ 1941 film often hailed as one of the greatest works of cinema of all time.

This year, the studio added some new styles to the typeface family inspired by the work of conceptual artists like Christopher Wool and Lawrence Weiner. Kane Display is now available in four styles – Normal, Italic, Frame, and Stencil – and it supports Standard Western and Latin Extended characters. It’s a modern and bold set of letters, and would certainly look great in film titles or in cultural client logos.

Think Work Observe was founded in December 2011 by Piero di Biase and Alberto Moreu, and works across commissioned projects in the commercial, cultural and editorial sector, with a strong focus on original typography.

Kane Display typeface showing four styles: Normal, Italic, Frame and Stencil, with dates 2014–2017
The word "STELLA" in white italic capital letters against a black background, demonstrating the Kane Display typeface
Kane Display typeface shown in four styles displaying various names and words in bold, modern letterforms inspired by Citizen Kane
Black italic Kane Display typeface spelling "LE PARC" on a light grey background
Kane Display typeface logo in white capital letters on a dark blue background with a rounded rectangular border
Diagram showing Kane Display typeface styles, with three arrows pointing from (NORMAL) text to framed versions of the word FRAME in white boxes on an orange background
The word RUSCHA in bold orange capital letters against a light grey background
Kane Display typeface in white capital letters on a bright orange background
Kane Display typeface specimen showing uppercase letters, numbers, accented characters and symbols across four rows on a navy blue background
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