The Nai Type Family, created for a contemporary American jazz trumpeter, began as an exploration of the interplay between type design and musical expression. Maria worked intuitively, seeking intersections and overlaps between the two vastly different disciplines, capturing contrast, rhythms, and subtle tensions.
She was drawn to the idea of working with extremes—two opposing poles within the same core: one representing the artist, the other his eclectic record label.
The type family includes a functional display in two weights, paired with a text style designed for small-sized printing, ideal for album credits on back covers.