Climate Crisis Font by Helsingin Sanomat.
Finish’s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has designed a free font visualising the urgency for climate action and its impact on the environment. Illustrating how the arctic sea is predicted to shrink over time the font’s weight varies according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center’s (NSIDC) data from 1979 to 2019 and continues with IPCC’s projection until 2050.
In other words, every headline, comment or article written with the font will exemplify the real impact of climate change on the arctic sea ice extent. The heaviest font-weight represents the minimum extent of the Arctic sea ice in the year 1979 when satellite measuring began. The lightest weight represents IPCC’s 2050 forecast when the Arctic sea ice minimum is expected to have shrunk to only 30% of the 1979 extent.
“The ongoing pandemic is by no means a reason for us to stop fighting against climate change”,
Kaius Niemi, Editor-in-chief from Helsingin Sanomat