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Optically Optimized for Knorr's Packaging.
By Latinotype · April 16, 2026
Knorr, one of the world's most recognized food brands, came to Latinotype through JKR — the global branding consultancy behind some of the most recognized packaging redesigns in the world — with a precise typographic challenge: Isidora, the typeface used across the brand's campaigns, needed to be optimized for packaging, where surfaces are small, and every millimeter counts.
Soup sachets, bouillon cubes, condiment jars: reduced surfaces carrying product names, flavors, ingredients, nutritional tables, and instructions across multiple languages and markets. The challenge wasn't just compression — it was designing for very small sizes, a discipline with its own history in typography: optical optimization for minimum body text, where every decision about form, spacing, and weight determines whether a word reads or disappears.
Designer Felipe Sanzana worked through the customization iteratively. Adjusting proportions on screen wasn't enough — every decision was tested against small printed proofs, repeating the cycle until the typeface performed with precision under real industrial packaging conditions. Internal proportions were recalculated, Semi-bold and Black weights redrawn to establish a clear hierarchy, and spacing and kerning meticulously adjusted to guarantee consistent readability at every scale.
The result is an Isidora built for the real constraints of mass-market packaging. The same personality as the campaigns. Sharper functionality. More room for the photography that sells.
