Bowie font inspired by North Korea available to download

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Doctrine, the typeface used on David Bowie's latest album, is available to download today.

Doctrine typeface

Typeface used on David Bowie's new album is influenced by North Korea

Font foundry VirusFonts has released the typeface used for the cover of David Bowie's recent comeback album, The Next Day. Doctrine Sans is a contemporary sans-serif typeface that has its roots in North Korea, with Virus describing the font as "the moderate comrade of the display typeface Doctrine Stencil" - which is an homage to the livery of the secretive country's national airline, Air Koryo.

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