Perfektta is a sans-serif typeface family with narrow proportions and a clearly visible contrast in the stems. The story began with a photo of a road sign taken in Sardinia, Italy. The sign had strange-looking zeros that immediately attracted attention — the result, it seemed, of Italian workers who either found it difficult to cut a perfect oval from the foil, or were simply being lazy. Either way, the rhombus-shaped zero became the base for the first sketch. From there, the other letterforms were gradually developed using the same principle. The witty name refers to the imperfect construction that contrasts with perfect shapes in various parts of the letters. Later research uncovered the Italian road sign typeface known as 'Alfabeto Stretto', the original of which features quite peculiar characters — likely stemming from modifications made to the 'British Transport' alphabet to make it bolder and narrower.