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A multipurpose sans with exaggerated ink traps.
| Tags: body text, sans, ink traps, neo-grotesque, pinched joints, variable posture, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Flora de Carvalho, Rodrigo Saiani |
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| Publisher: | Plau |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-02-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | plau.co |
These prototype fonts were built by Ken Lunde and his colleagues at Adobe for developers to test support for “variable font collections” that combine the technologies for both variable fonts and font collections. The fonts simulate the structure (styles, glyphs, character mapping, features, etc) of Source Han (Serif & Sans) and Noto CJK, but only contain a dozen or so functional glyphs, repeated thousands of times. Lunde’s introduction explains how variable font collections can greatly reduce file sizes for type systems with expansive character support, like Pan-CJK fonts for typesetting East Asian scripts.
| Tags: serif, sans, CFF, proof of concept | |
| Design: | Adobe |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | East Asian / CJK, Hangul, Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, dingbats/emoji, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-02-01 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A sans typeface whose quirky personality becomes exaggerated as its weight increases.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite, pinched joints | |
| Design: | Christian Jánský |
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| Publisher: | KOMETA Typefaces |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-31 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | kometa.xyz |
A variable version of PT Root UI, “intended for screen reading, interfaces, websites, as well as wayfinding systems”.
| Tags: body text, sans, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque | |
| Design: | Vitaly Kuzmin |
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| Publisher: | Paratype |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-01-29 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | paratype.com |
A variable version of Bree, with Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek components. The variable fonts are bundled with each full set of styles for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, separately.
| Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, spurless, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Irene Vlachou |
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| Publisher: | TypeTogether |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-01-28 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-together.com |
A sharp serif typeface inspired by Baskerville, with unusual connecting serifs for some letters (as well as optional disconnected alternates).
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, closed in, sharp, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Alexander Slobzheninov |
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| Publisher: | Pangram Pangram Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-27 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | pangrampangram.com |
An expressive sans inspired by the irregular characteristics of woodcuts and linocuts. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, cartoon, flared/concave, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Ro Hernández |
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| Publisher: | Ro Hernández |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-22 |
| Updated: | 2020-02-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A decorative sans with inline and outline effects that work for layering, originally inspired by neon signs in Portland, Oregon. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, Art Deco, chromatic, futuristic/sci-fi, gaspipe, gothic, inline, monoline, multi-line, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, outline, ornamented, rectangular, spurless, straight-sided, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Vectro |
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| Publisher: | Vectro |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-21 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A sans-serif tribute to Didot, with extra-thin hairlines.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, calligraphic, fat-face, pinched joints, sharp, variable posture | |
| Design: | Adrien Midzic |
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| Publisher: | Pizza Typefaces |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-16 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typefaces.pizza |
A variable incarnation of Eduardo Tunni’s Changa. The Arabic glyphs were designed in collaboration with Mohamed Gaber. The variable font was produced by Eli Heuer.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, M-formula, rectangular, superellipse | |
| Design: | Eduardo Tunni |
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| Publisher: | Eli Heuer |
| Characters: | Latin, Arabic |
| Released: | 2019-01-08 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
An experiment in italicization, this one-off member of the Roslindale type series can vary its italic forms separately from the angle of slanting. The vast majority of typefaces change italic forms along with slanting, so this may be the first case of both the registered ‘italic’ and ‘slant’ axes being used in the same variable font.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, feature variations, flared/concave, inscriptional, phototype, pinched joints, sharp, unusual variation, upright italic, variable posture, wedge serif | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-01-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
An extra heavy typeface originally inspired by hand-lettering from a 1950s Korean movie poster. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, cartoon, flared/concave, monospaced, quantized, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Minjoo Ham |
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| Publisher: | Minjoo Ham |
| Characters: | Latin, Hangul |
| Released: | 2018-12-29 |
| Updated: | 2020-06-25 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
The iA Writer fonts, made for the iA Writer app, are a modification of IBM Plex, originally designed by Bold Monday with Mike Abbink at IBM. The Mono fonts match glyph widths for all characters. Duo allows an additional glyph width for letters that are otherwise cramped. Quattro uses 4 glyph widths, approaching a standard proportional typeface.
| Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, code, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, pinched joints, quantized | |
| Design: | Oliver Reichenstein, Bold Monday, Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen |
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| Publisher: | Information Architects Inc. |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-12-21 |
| Licensing: | Bundled, Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A flared serif typeface inspired by Victorian typography.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, all caps, Art Nouveau, flared/concave, inscriptional, spur serifs, Victorian | |
| Design: | Adam Fathony |
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| Publisher: | AF Studio |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-20 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | creativemarket.com |
A flared Art Nouveau / psychedelic sans. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, Art Nouveau, flared/concave, horizontal stress, phototype, psychedelic, wood type | |
| Design: | Sébastien Sanfilippo |
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| Publisher: | Love Letters |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-14 |
| Updated: | 2019-10-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A geometric sans inspired by crude computer graphics, with rotational italicization leaning in both directions.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, backslant, feature variations, monoline, overbite/underbite, rotalics, rotation, unusual variation, variable posture | |
| Design: | Schultzschultz, Marc Schütz |
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| Publisher: | Schriftlabor |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-12-13 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontspring.com |
A geometric sans with flattened segments, inspired by Joseph Churchward’s typeface, Churchward Georgina.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, sliced | |
| Design: | Johannes Breyer, Fabian Harb |
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| Publisher: | Dinamo |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-12 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontstand.com |
An all-purpose sans with moderate stroke contrast, initially inspired by 20th-century lettering books from German designer Eugen Nerdinger. The variable fonts are included when licensing the full series of static fonts.
| Tags: body text, sans, thick-and-thin | |
| Design: | Alejandro Paul |
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| Publisher: | Sudtipos |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-11 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | sudtipos.com |
A variable version of Trilby, DJR’s slab serif with subtle horizontal stress.
| Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, feature variations, horizontal stress, wood type | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-06 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A quirky Helvetica-like sans, with an alternate set of circled characters that move around with the ‘Cycle’ axis.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, bent strokes, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite, spurless, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Adrien Midzic |
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| Publisher: | Pizza Typefaces |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typefaces.pizza |
An all-caps sans inspired by Greek lettering from the 1950s and ’60s. A high-contrast counterpart is available as non-variable fonts.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, grotesque, thick-and-thin | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | Atypical |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | atypical.gr |
A variable version of the monospaced styles from the larger PhD series.
| Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, some serifs, gaspipe, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, rectangular, straight-sided | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | Atypical |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | atypical.gr |
An all-caps grotesque sans.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, grotesque | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | Atypical |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | atypical.gr |
A high-contrast sans to go with the larger Slab series. Text-centric variants are also available as non-variable fonts.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, optical sizes, soft corners, thick-and-thin | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | Atypical |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | atypical.gr |
A variable version of Portada, produced by Irene Vlachou. The variable font is included when licensing the full Portada family.
| Tags: body text, serif, feature variations, optical sizes, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Veronika Burian, José Scaglione |
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| Publisher: | TypeTogether |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-04 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-together.com |
A significantly revised and updated version of Crimson.
| Tags: body text, serif | |
| Design: | Jacques Le Bailly, Sebastian Kosch |
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| Publisher: | Jacques Le Bailly |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-12-04 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
Handjet started as an exercise with design students to make a typeface for handset printers and their 32-pixel vertical matrix, but grew into a large multi-script design.
In 2019, Google sponsored and extension and open-source release of the typeface. Consultants for the project include Maria Doreuli (Cyrillic), Irene Vlachou (Greek), Borna Izadpanah (Arabic), Khajag Apelian (Armenian), and Meir Sadan (Hebrew).
The font is provided with a warning that “variable fonts are relatively new and Handjet sometimes challenges the limits. You might get unpredictable, yet beautiful and somewhat amusing, rendering errors in Adobe software. It works well in browsers as far as we know.”
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, modular, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, pixel, polygonal, straight-sided, unusual variation | |
| Design: | David Březina |
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| Publisher: | Rosetta Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian, Arabic, Hebrew, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2018-12-04 |
| Updated: | 2021-05-12 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | rosettatype.com |
A single-weight sans with pinched stroke joints and other quirky features.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, bent strokes, closed in, pinched joints, vertex spread | |
| Design: | George Triantafyllakos |
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| Publisher: | Atypical |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek |
| Released: | 2018-12-04 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | atypical.gr |
A reinterpretation and expansion of Marvin, Michael Chave’s 1969 phototypesetting typeface. The new design was initially developed for use in Visions, a science-fiction magazine.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, futuristic/sci-fi, optical sizes, phototype | |
| Design: | Mathieu Triay |
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| Publisher: | Atelier Triay |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2018-12-03 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial, Free for non-commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | readvisions.com |
A general-purpose sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, grotesque, monoline, neo-grotesque, variable posture | |
| Design: | Tyler Finck |
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| Publisher: | Etcetera Type Company |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-12-01 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | etc.supply |