Ika VAR & Ika Compact VAR – Variable Fonts

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SF Compact

  • SF Compact
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • SF Compact Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • A selection of SF Compact’s dingbats/emoji
    ⇪⌃⌅⌘⌥⌦⌧⌫⎇⎋⎓⏎⏏⏻⏼⏽⏾ⒶⒷⒸⒹⒺⒻⒼⒽⒾⒿⓀⓁⓂⓃⓄⓅⓆⓇⓈⓉⓊⓋⓌⓍⓎⓏ☂★☆☑☒✚☮☾♠♡♢♣♤♥♦♧⚀⚁⚂⚃⚄⚅⚠⚬✈✌✓✗❄❛❜❝❞⬒⬓⬡⬢⭘🄰🄱🄲🄳🄴🄵🄶🄷🄸🄹🄺🄻🄼🄽🄾🄿🅀🅁🅂🅃🅄🅅🅆🅇🅈🅉🅐🅑🅒🅓🅔🅕🅖🅗🅘🅙🅚🅛🅜🅝🅞🅟🅠🅡🅢🅣🅤🅥🅦🅧🅨🅩🅰🅱🅲🅳🅴🅵🅶🅷🅸🅹🅺🅻🅼🅽🅾🅿🆀🆁🆂🆃🆄🆅🆆🆇🆈🆉🐇🐉🐍🐏🐔🐖🐭🐮🐯🐱🐴🐵🐶🐻👊👍👻👽👾💀💩😀😘😜😬🤖🤟🦄
19 20
1 1000

Part of Apple’s San Francisco type series, SF Compact is similar to SF Pro but has more compact proportions for efficiency in small sizes and narrow columns. It is the system font for watchOS.

Tags: body text, sans, dingbats, monoline, neo-grotesque, optical sizes
Design:Apple
Publisher:Apple
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, dingbats/emoji
Released:2020-06-22
Updated:2021-06-08
Licensing:Bundled

New York

  • New York
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • New York Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
12 256
400 1000

New York is a serif companion to Apple’s San Franciso type series.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, ball terminals, fat-face, optical sizes
Design:Apple
Publisher:Apple
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released:2020-06-22
Updated:2021-06-08
Licensing:Bundled

Darkmode VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900
0 1

​A humanist sans designed specifically for digital user interfaces, offering subtle grade adjustments to counteract the effects of setting light type on a dark background, as is common with many “dark mode” digital reading environments.

Tags: body text, sans, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight
Design:Dalton Maag
Publisher:Dalton Maag
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-06-20
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

If Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1000
0 1000

A typeface that imagines what Futura would be like if its weight was pushed to the extreme. Includes stylistic alternate glyphs corresponding to experimental alternates Paul Renner designed for the original Futura.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, cartoon, gothic, ink traps, variable posture
Design:Constantin Pfeiffer, Jérôme Knebusch
Publisher:Poem
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-05-26
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Cairoli Classic Variable & Cairoli Now Variable

  • Cairoli Classic Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Cairoli Classic Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Cairoli Now Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Cairoli Now Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 1000
100 1000

​A digital revival and update to Nebiolo’s Cairoli.

Tags: body text, sans, gothic, inserat, monoline, straight-sided, superellipse
Design:Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Mario De Libero
Publisher:Italiantype
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-05-15
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Atyp

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
40 160
0 100
0 100

​A geometric sans with the option to exaggerate details where strokes meet.

Tags: sans, geometric, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, optical sizes, pinched joints, variable posture, vertex spread
Design:Tomáš Brousil
Publisher:Suitcase Type Foundry
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released:2020-05-07
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Monte Stella VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
300 900
-20 0

​A straight-sided display-centric sans, designed as an homage to 20th-century vernacular design in Milan.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, monoline, rectangular, straight-sided, thick-and-thin, variable posture
Design:Riccardo De Franceschi, Dalton Maag
Publisher:Dalton Maag
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-05-05
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Fellix, Gellix, Hellix, Yellix

  • Fellix
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Fellix Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Gellix
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Gellix Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Hellix
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Hellix Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Yellix
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Yellix Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900

A series of geometric sans typefaces with different handling of terminals (horizontal or not) and the connection of round strokes with vertical stems (smooth intersections or not).

Tags: sans, geometric, bent strokes, monoline
Design:Martin Vácha
Publisher:Displaay
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-05-01
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial

Roboto Serif

  • Roboto Serif
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Roboto Serif Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
50 150
8 144
100 900
-1 1

A serif addition to the Roboto series of fonts, commissioned by Google. Designed by Greg Gazdowicz at Commercial Type, with contributions by Hrvoje Živčić. Kara Gordon, Christian Schwartz, Mark Record, Inga Plönnigs, Miguel Reyes, Flavia Zimbardi, Maria Doreuli, and Rafał Buchner.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, optical sizes
Design:Greg Gazdowicz
Publisher:Commercial Type
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2020-04-28
Updated:2021-04-12
Licensing:Open source

Gimme Constructo Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
400 700

A variable color font inspired by modular toy construction sets. (If the sample here is black and/or doesn’t change with the sliders, your browser doesn’t fully support variable color fonts yet.)

Tags: decorative/display, some serifs, cartoon, color, modular, monoline, ornamented, raw geometry, rectangular, shade, soft corners, straight-sided, unusual variation
Design:Arthur Reinders Folmer
Publisher:Typearture
Characters:Latin (limited)
Released:2020-04-06
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Degular Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1000
0 10
0 1000

James Edmondson’s take on a general-purpose “boring” sans.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, feature variations, gothic, ink traps, monoline, multiplexed, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, phototype, pinched joints, variable posture
Design:James T. Edmondson
Publisher:OH no Type Co.
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-04-01
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Larga Var

  • Larga Var
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
  • Larga Sans Var
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
0 100
0 100

​A wide slab-and-sans pair, inspired by typefaces in 1874 specimens from Fundição Typographica Portuense.

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, sans, all caps, gothic, monoline, optical sizes, thick-and-thin, Victorian, wood type
Design:Dino dos Santos, Pedro Leal
Publisher:DSType
Characters:Latin
Released:2020-03-23
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Flicker

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
0 1000

​A bold, narrow sans with adjustable wavy distortion.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, gothic, grotesque, ink traps, inserat, straight-sided, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly
Design:Daria Zorkina
Publisher:tomorrow.type.today
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-03-05
Licensing:Paid/commercial

Newsreader

  • Newsreader
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Newsreader Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
200 800
6 72

A serif typeface designed with on-screen usage in mind.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes, sharp, wedge serif
Design:Hugues Gentile
Publisher:Production Type
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2020-03-03
Updated:2020-11-26
Licensing:Open source

Dattilo DJR Banner Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
200 900

A variable subset of the Banner optical size range from DJR’s Dattilo revival, optimized for large display settings with extra-tight 1970s-style spacing.

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, feature variations, monoline, phototype
Design:David Jonathan Ross
Publisher:DJR, Font of the Month Club
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2020-03-01
Updated:2020-05-01
Licensing:Trial, 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

Aktiv Grotesk VF

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
100 900
75 125
0 1

​A general-purpose sans. Available as a “full family” variable font (covering the full range of weight, width, and italic variations, as shown here), or as subset versions with different combinations of weight, width, and italic axes as separate variable fonts.

Tags: body text, sans, monoline, neo-grotesque, variable posture
Design:Dalton Maag
Publisher:Dalton Maag
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Vietnamese
Released:2020-02-10
Updated:2021-06-02
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial