RaRa Sans

A typeface for Estonian National Library.

The National Library of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu, short RaRa) is the custodian of Estonian national memory and heritage, and acts as the repository centre of the Estonian literature and national bibliography, the main information provider for the Estonian parliament and many other constitutional institutions, a national centre of library and information sciences, a site for the continuing education of librarians, and also as a cultural centre. The Building built by Raine Karp was inaugurated in 1991.
At the end of April 2021, the government supported the financing of the reconstruction of the National Library building, works began in 2022. To communicate the new page in building’s history and bind renovation time temporary location into one, i was asked to design a custom typeface.
Shortly before reopening of the main building Bold and italic were comissioned and added to the bespoke typeface family in 2026.
Collaborators: Nikita Kanarev (cyrillic), Fatima Lazaro.