Ngā Momo Tuhinga

Typography

Fira Sans — the same typeface used on govt.nz. Open source, free for council use, institutional register. We use the same font as your government.

Type Scale

Display

clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4.5rem) / 700 / 1.1

781kg per capita.

Heading 1

clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3rem) / 600 / 1.2

One country. One system.

Heading 2

clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2rem) / 600 / 1.3

Know before you throw.

Heading 3

clamp(1.125rem, 2vw, 1.5rem) / 500 / 1.4

What goes where in Aotearoa.

Body

clamp(1rem, 1.5vw, 1.125rem) / 400 / 1.6

Aotearoa standardised what can be recycled. But every council still communicates it differently. Different bins, different signs, different rules. Same materials.

Caption

0.875rem / 400 / 1.5

Love You Bye. Open source. Free for council and public use.

Monospace

IBM Plex Mono — 0.875rem / 400 / 1.6

PET #1 | HDPE #2 | PP #5 | AL | FE

Stat

IBM Plex Mono — clamp(3rem, 8vw, 6rem) / 700 / 1

35%

Paragraph Specimen

New Zealand produces approximately 781 kilograms of waste per person per year — the fourth highest rate in the OECD. Only around 35% of this waste is recycled or reused.

In February 2024, Aotearoa standardised its kerbside recycling materials nationally: plastics #1, #2, and #5; glass bottles and jars; paper and cardboard; aluminium and steel cans; aerosol cans.

The materials are standardised. The design is not. Love You Bye exists to close that gap.