Control

ID / Record #46
Credits Christian Schwartz, Miguel Reyes
Licensing Público con costo
Release 2023
Classification Texto
Class Retail
Variants 18 Styles
Regional Node(s) México
Specimen Control
Note. Specimen of the typeface Control. Copyright by Commercial Type.

Control, designed by Christian Schwartz and Miguel Reyes, is based on the sans serif letters from Walter Käch's 1949 manual Schriften Lettering Écriture. In this design, Schwartz has implemented the axes for weight, contrast and apertures mentioned in the manual. For any application, users must find the right combination of these axes, as there is no "right" version of the typeface; it must be adapted to each situation.

The Control italic takes inspiration from Van Dijk, specifically from the Van Dijk font designed by Jan van Dijk for Letraset in 1982. The Control font family made its first appearance in Interview magazine. In addition, the super-sharp versions of the TNT font were inspired by the archive of the same magazine.

The distinctive combination of high fashion and trash culture that characterizes the center of Interview magazine was the catalyst that inspired the creation of the Cursive font. This typeface combines serious modernism with mall barbershop vibes.

This family consists of: Control Cursive, Control Cursive VF, Control Italic, Control Italic VF, Control Upright, Control Upright VF.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

TipoMap Latam. (2026). Control. Mapping of Typographic Production in Latin America. Consulted on 16-06-2026 de https://tipomap.lat/view_typo?id=46