HYDRO FONT
Write your story…through the history of EYDAP
EYDAP Historical Archive
EYDAP, with its long history in water management (AEYY, OAP, EYDAP), preserves and manages documents of historical significance in its Historical Archives. These documents include paper, photographic, and audiovisual materials, as well as various objects dating from the late 19th century, which reflect the Company’s long history, as well as the relationship between the evolution of the water supply and sewerage system and the development of Athens society.
HYDRO font is a geometric typeface designed exclusively for the EYDAP Historical Archive. The starting point for its study and design was the rich material contained in the Archive: a series of technical and construction drawings and diagrams that reflect the diligence, precision, and technical expertise of the engineers of the 1930s.
Its design is directly inspired by the letters in the legend of the basic technical drawing of the Marathon Dam. Its foundations consist of simple geometric shapes—the square, the circle, and the triangle. It is simple, rational, clean, neutral, and facilitates the immediate and unimpeded reading of the text.
It is the result of applied research, in which aesthetic elements from the Archive influence contemporary communication elements, such as a complete typeface family. This is the first time such a project has been presented to the public.
A new font
HYDRO is a monospaced, geometric typeface designed in three weights: regular, semi-bold, and bold—a core set capable of meeting a wide range of complex needs when creating a publication. The font was designed digitally and fully supports the Greek monotonic character set. It also includes Latin characters, numbers, symbols, punctuation marks, and accent marks, making it suitable for use with any European language that uses the Latin alphabet. Furthermore, the letterforms from the original design have been retained as stylistic alternatives for use in large sizes, reflecting the design trends of that era.