The origins of Bering can be traced back to a small harbour in the bay near the Swedish city of Skärhamn. The name of that village was stencilled — presumably in the late 1960s — in a very peculiar way on one of the lifebuoys, which was fortunately found by the authors in another harbour in a German city called Rostock.

Bering has a strict, analytical look, bringing to mind the original purpose of the stencil: it was meant to be a simple tool for drawing letters on various surfaces. The design approach, based on a multi-layered modular grid, has made it possible to reinvent the design of the original letterforms. The geometric structure of the typeface also allows the development of the proportions and weights of the type family in various directions. In this way, Bering comprises normal, narrow, and condensed widths, from thin to bold weights, which cover any sort of typographic ideas. Bering is also available as a variable font for added versatility.

A set in Bering Stencil may seem overbearingly loud and uncompromising, but in reality it is rather a mathematically precise interplay of shapes inside a kaleidoscope tube. Due to unconventional white gaps combined with rational proportions, working with Bering is like playing a game or experimenting with an instrument.

Bering speaks more than 380 languages, including, for example, Pipil, which is spoken in El Salvador, or the Ese Ejja language, which is spoken in Bolivia and Peru.

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Bering was created by type and graphic designer Eugene Yukechev and art director specialising in maps and navigation systems, Dmitri Pilikov. In addition to designing Bering together, Eugene and Dmitri are co-founders of Schrift Publishers and Schrift Foundry