This bilingual yearbookshowcases contemporary Latvian photographers and significant exhibitions at theLatvian Museum of Photographyin Riga. Designer Alexey Murashko selected three typefaces byNikola Djurekfor the book:Diurnal Displayfor the titles,Nocturnofor the main text, andDiurnalfor the marginalia. The book is cut horizontally in half, with the lower part containing the English text and the top part containing the Latvian text. This system allows the pages to be flipped independently and creates unexpected compositions.
The typography creates an experimental-academic energy that balances scholarly gravitas with contemporary art world sophistication. The three-typeface system from Nikola Djurek's collection suggests deliberate curatorial thinking, while the unconventional horizontal split format embodies the kind of bold editorial experimentation expected in high-level photography publications.
The strategic use of Diurnal Display's optical sizing for titles provides impact while maintaining readability across the split-page format, while Nocturno's text characteristics likely offer the sustained reading comfort essential for bilingual content. The addition of Diurnal for marginalia creates a cohesive family approach that supports the complex navigational demands of the dual-language, split-page system without visual chaos.
This three-font system from a single type family creates sophisticated internal hierarchy while maintaining visual coherence across the challenging bilingual split-page format. The contrast between Diurnal Display's presence for titles, Nocturno's text optimization, and standard Diurnal's supporting role allows each language section to function independently while contributing to unexpected compositional relationships when pages flip asymmetrically.