woman-designed – Variable Fonts

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woman-designed

Variable fonts designed, in part or in whole, by women.

Variable fonts tagged with “woman-designed”

52 results

Postea Var

  • Postea Var
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Postea Var Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 800

TypeTogether’s take on 20th-century German geometric typefaces. Azza Alameddine and Roxane Gataud were assistant designers on the project.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, bent strokes, monoline, woman-designed
Design:Veronika Burian, José Scaglione
Publisher:TypeTogether
Characters:Latin
Released:2021-04-29
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Golos Text VF & Golos UI VF

  • Golos Text VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Golos UI VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
400 700

A pair of related sans typefaces commissioned by Smena and AIC Media for official state and social service websites in Russia. Golos Text is designed for continuous reading, whereas Golos UI – with slightly narrower proportions and multiplexed weights – is intended more for user interface elements.

Tags: body text, sans, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, straight-sided, superellipse, woman-designed
Design:Alexandra Korolkova, Vitaly Kuzmin
Publisher:Paratype
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-12-29
Licensing:Open source

Mendl Serif VF & Mendl Sans VF

  • Mendl Serif VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Mendl Sans VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
0 1

A pair of typefaces with an Art Deco flavor, each designed to share the same widths so they can be swapped without causing text to reflow.

Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, geometric, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, feature variations, monoline, multiplexed, spur serifs, spurless, stub serifs, Victorian, woman-designed
Design:Angel Kwong
Publisher:Dalton Maag
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-10-28
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Case VAR

  • Case VAR
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Case VAR Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
4 60

A sans with size-specific adjustments going down to extra-small sizes.

Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, feature variations, monoline, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, woman-designed
Design:Erik Spiekermann, Anja Meiners, Ralph du Carrois
Publisher:Fontwerk
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-10-12
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Adelle Mono Var

  • Adelle Mono Var
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Adelle Mono Var Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
300 800
0 1000

​An expansion of the Adelle series with the option to gradually move between strict monospacing and a more proportional design that retains a monospaced look. Pooja Saxena was an assistant designer on the project.

Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, unusual variation, woman-designed
Design:TypeTogether, Irene Vlachou, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione
Publisher:TypeTogether
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-07-25
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Spektra

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ אבגדהוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת
-20 20

​A bold headline sans that can vary between back- and forward-slanting positions.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, backslant, gothic, grotesque, inserat, unusual variation, variable posture, woman-designed
Design:Krista Likar, Alja Herlah
Publisher:Type Salon
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew
Released:2020-07-14
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Fraunces

  • Fraunces
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Fraunces Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
9 144
100 900
0 100
0 1

​A typeface that takes cues from some early 20th-century typefaces with soft serifs, like Windsor, Cooper, and Souvenir.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, Art Nouveau, cartoon, feature variations, optical sizes, phototype, rounded, soft corners, stub serifs, unusual variation, woman-designed
Design:Phaedra Charles, Flavia Zimbardi
Publisher:Undercase Type
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2020-02-26
Licensing:Open source

LFT Arnoldo

  • LFT Arnoldo
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • LFT Arnoldo Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
260 900

A flared sans originally created during the rebranding of Oscar Mondadori. Beatrice D’Agostino was an assistant designer for the project.

Tags: body text, sans, flared/concave, inscriptional, woman-designed
Design:Leftloft
Publisher:TypeTogether
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-02-20
Licensing:Paid/commercial

TT Geekette Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 200

​A loopy monospaced typeface with adjustable stroke contrast, moving between monoline and horizontal stress, and additional retractable serifs.

Tags: decorative/display, serif, slab serif, some serifs, closed in, horizontal stress, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, retractable serifs, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly, woman-designed
Design:TypeType, Vika Usmanova
Publisher:TypeTrends
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-02-04
Licensing:Paid/commercial

TT Interphases Variable

  • TT Interphases Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • TT Interphases Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 900

A sans-serif typeface. ​There’s a long article explaining the design process.

Tags: body text, sans, monoline, neo-grotesque, woman-designed
Design:TypeType, Nadezhda Polomoshnova, Pavel Emelyanov, Marina Khodak, Kseniya Karataeva
Publisher:TypeTrends
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-01-21
Licensing:Paid/commercial

TT Runs Variable

  • TT Runs Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • TT Runs Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 900

​A wide, top-heavy sans.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, feature variations, flat brush, gothic, horizontal stress, overbite/underbite, woman-designed
Design:TypeType, Vika Usmanova, Antonina Zhulkova, Philipp Nurullin
Publisher:TypeType
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-01-07
Licensing:Paid/commercial

TT Commons Variable

  • TT Commons Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • TT Commons Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 900

​A geometric sans.

Tags: body text, sans, geometric, monoline, neo-grotesque, woman-designed
Design:TypeType, Ivan Gladkikh, Pavel Emelyanov, Marina Khodak
Publisher:TypeType
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released:2019-11-20
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Chikki

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    अआइईउऊऋॠऌॡएऐकखगघङचछजझञटठडढणतथदधनपफबभमयरलवशषसहळक्षज्ञ ०१२३४५६७८९
125 333

​A chunky sans made with only straight lines.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, grayletter, polygonal, woman-designed
Design:Kimya Gandhi
Publisher:Mota Italic
Characters:Latin, Devanagari
Released:2019-11-11
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Montserrat

  • Montserrat
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Montserrat Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 900

​A geometric sans.

Tags: body text, sans, geometric, monoline, woman-designed
Design:Julieta Ulanovsky
Publisher:Valery Marier
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released:2019-11-08
Licensing:Open source

TT Alientz

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 500

​A sharp and wonky typeface with pointy extendable serifs and other wavy details.

Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, closed in, flared/concave, Johnstonian, overbite/underbite, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly, wedge serif, woman-designed
Design:Vika Usmanova
Publisher:TypeTrends
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2019-11-06
Licensing:Paid/commercial

FS Kim VF

  • FS Kim VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • FS Kim VF Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
10 100
400 900

​A stylish wedge-serif typeface.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, inscriptional, optical sizes, phototype, sharp, wedge serif, woman-designed
Design:Krista Radoeva
Publisher:Fontsmith Ltd.
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-10-29
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Konsole Variable

  • Konsole Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Konsole Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 800
30 90

A multi-purpose sans with angular details, inspired by audio equipment. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, gothic, sharp, woman-designed
Design:Elena Schneider
Publisher:Elena Schneider
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-09-25
Updated:2021-05-17
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Clarette

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
50 200
0 100

A unique, high-contrast sans with distinctive incisions at stroke intersections. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, didone, dingbats, ink traps, pinched joints, sliced, variable posture, woman-designed
Design:Sláva Jevčinová
Publisher:Into the Type
Characters:Latin, dingbats/emoji
Released:2019-08-29
Licensing:Paid/commercial

TT Frantz

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
30 100

​An extra-condensed sans with geometric construction and adjustable waistline proportions.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, Art Deco, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, raw geometry, straight-sided, vertex spread, woman-designed
Design:Vika Usmanova
Publisher:TypeTrends
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2019-07-30
Licensing:Paid/commercial

League Spartan Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
200 900

A variable version of League Spartan, The League of Movable Type’s digital interpretation of Spartan, a classic Futura knock-off originally released by American Type Founders Co.

Tags: body text, sans, geometric, woman-designed
Design:Tyler Finck, Caroline Hadilaksono, Micah Rich
Publisher:The League of Moveable Type
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-07-15
Licensing:Open source

Catalpa Variable

  • Catalpa Thin Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Catalpa Heavy Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 1000

A geometric-ish sans inspired by wood type for use in headlines, with a focus on more extreme weight variants. The thin and heavy ends of the weight spectrum are split into separate variable fonts.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, grotesque, woman-designed, wood type
Design:José Scaglione, Veronika Burian, Azza Alameddine
Publisher:TypeTogether
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-07-11
Licensing:Paid/commercial

White On Black VF

  • White On Black VF
  • Black On White VF
1 1000

White On Black VF is a special-purpose variable font with just one glyph (㊎) demonstrating an issue related to the non-zero winding rule used for rendering fonts. The issue is especially problematic when negative glyphs are reversed out of a positive background shape. The weight axis also shows how the technique for avoiding the problem with static fonts – removing overlaps – isn’t a viable solution for variable fonts because the topology of overlapping shapes may change across variations. The counterpart font, Black On White VF, is made with the same shapes but with an additional circular path, showing how the issue is not present with more typical positive-on-negative glyphs. The fonts were produced by Ken Lunde using a glyph designed by Ryoko Nishizuka.

Tags: sans, CFF, dingbats, proof of concept, multiplexed, woman-designed
Design:Ryoko Nishizuka
Publisher:Adobe
Characters:East Asian / CJK
Released:2019-05-28
Licensing:Open source

Adapter

  • Adapter PE
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Adapter Hebrew
    אבגדהוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת
  • Adapter Arabic
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
4 18
100 900
-10 0

A simple sans with Pan-European character support. Expansions were released for Hebrew on November 26, 2019, and Arabic on March 11, 2020.

Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, variable posture, woman-designed
Design:William Montrose, Sláva Jevčinová, David Březina
Publisher:Rosetta Type Foundry
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Arabic
Released:2019-05-21
Updated:2020-03-10
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Antonia Variable

  • Antonia Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Antonia Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
300 900
8 48

A serif typeface with a large range of optical size variation, for everything from small body text to extra-large headlines. It’s the first variable font release from Typejockeys.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, optical sizes, phototype, woman-designed
Design:Franziska Weitgruber, Michael Hochleitner
Publisher:Typejockeys
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-05-15
Licensing:Paid/commercial