Emil is a diploma project focusing on the digital revival of Bernhard Antiqua, a typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard (born Emil Kahn). Bernhard was a Jewish designer who left Germany in the 1920s, whose work was later marginalised through ideological reinterpretation. His typefaces were widely used in the early 20th century, including in Nazi publications, but were banned in 1941 as 'Jewish letters' and simultaneously boycotted in the United States as 'Nazi type'. Consequently, Bernhard's typefaces disappeared from historical and typographic memory.

Through extensive research and manual reconstruction, Emil has brought this typeface back into circulation. A series of fifteen posters recreates Bernhard's original lettering methods, treating design as a historical investigation and a form of visual remembrance.

The project marks the beginning of a long-term initiative. A future extension is planned in the form of a digital platform dedicated to type revival, new font design and critical writing — a space where typography, historical context and cultural reflection intersect.