sans – Variable Fonts

Variable Fonts v0.2

A simple resource for finding and trying variable fonts

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Variable fonts tagged with “sans”

279 results

strokeWeight

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
20 180
-12 12

​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
Publisher:Schriftlabor
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2018-12-13
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:fontspring.com

Newbery Sans Variable

  • Newbery Sans Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Newbery Sans Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 800
100 300

​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
Publisher:Sudtipos
Characters:Latin
Released:2018-12-11
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:sudtipos.com

Kern Cycle

  • Kern Cycle (no font variation by default)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Kern Cycle (with OpenType stylistic set 01 enabled)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 100

​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
Publisher:Pizza Typefaces
Characters:Latin (limited)
Released:2018-12-05
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:typefaces.pizza

Nobilis

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
0 1000

​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
Publisher:Atypical
Characters:Latin, Greek, Cyrillic
Released:2018-12-05
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:atypical.gr

Handjet

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
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    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ אבגדהוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת
100 900
0 16
1 2

​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
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

Marvin Visions

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
20 170
80 100

​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
Publisher:Atelier Triay
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2018-12-03
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial, Free for non-commercial use
Info/fonts:readvisions.com

Labil Grotesk Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 100
0 100

A quirky sans with tilting and rotation that make it feel like it’s toppling over itself.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite, rotalics, rotation, unusual variation, variable posture, wavy/wiggly
Design:Christian Jánský
Publisher:KOMETA Typefaces
Characters:Latin
Released:2018-11-29
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:kometa.xyz

Ribbon

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
0 1000

​An all-caps typeface with variable ribbon-like ornamentation.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, chamfered, modular, multiplexed, ornamented, polygonal, rectangular, retractable serifs, sharp, straight-sided, split terminals, unusual variation, wood type
Design:George Triantafyllakos
Publisher:George Triantafyllakos
Characters:Latin, Greek
Released:2018-11-27
Licensing:Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use
Info/fonts:backpacker.gr

Titillium Web

  • Titillium Web
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
  • Titillium Web Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
200 900

Titillium started as a collaborative open source font project at Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino. It was expanded by Mohamed Gaber to support Arabic (under the name Cairo), and adapted to a variable format by Eli Heuer. The upright font currently covers a wider range of weights than the italic.

Tags: body text, sans, monoline, superellipse
Design:Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Mohamed Gaber
Publisher:Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino, Kief Type Foundry, Eli Heuer
Characters:Latin, Arabic, Vietnamese
Released:2018-11-20
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Work Sans

  • Work Sans
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Work Sans Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 900

​A grotty sans with a wide range of typographic features: Adobe Latin 3 character support, small caps, stylistic alternates, upper- and lowercase numerals, etc.

Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, grotesque, monoline, swash
Design:Wei Huang
Publisher:Wei Huang
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2018-11-15
Updated:2020-02-02
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:weiweihuanghuang.github.io

BC Baseliner

  • ÅBCDÉFGHÎJKLMNØPQRSTÜVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 900
0 900

​A variable font that allows for width adjustment as well as the contraction of diacritic marks and descenders, enabling tighter linespacing.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, consistent counters, flat brush, phototype, retractable extenders, sharp, unusual variation, vertex spread
Design:Šimon Matějka
Publisher:Briefcase Type Foundry
Characters:Latin
Released:2018-11-14
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:briefcasetype.com

Plastic

  • Plastic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Plastic (with OpenType stylistic alternates enabled)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0 1000
0 1000

​A monospaced typeface with unusual variable serifs that create chain-like forms, inspired by plastic Cečka toys that were popular in communist Czechoslovakia. Includes a set of double-wide capitals as stylistic alternate glyphs.

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, sans, some serifs, futuristic/sci-fi, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, quantized, rectangular, retractable serifs, rounded, spur serifs, stencil, straight-sided, unusual variation, vertex spread, woman-designed
Design:Ivana Palečková, Jitka Janečková
Publisher:Ivana Palečková, Jitka Janečková
Characters:Latin
Released:2018-11-08
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:plastic-typeface.com

Boxout Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
50 200
100 1000

​A boxy sans featuring an extra-tall x-height and slightly flared strokes, with nods to Neil Bold in its heavier weights. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, flared/concave, futuristic/sci-fi, phototype, pinched joints, rectangular, straight-sided, vertex spread
Design:Jake Fleming
Publisher:Jake Fleming
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2018-11-05
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Marlik

  • أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
30 240

​A multi-script sans, influenced by both mechanical and calligraphic forms. The Arabic glyphs were designed by Borna Izadpanah with direction from Fiona Ross. The Latin glyphs come from Skolar Sans, designed by David Březina and Sláva Jevčinová.

Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, woman-designed
Design:Borna Izadpanah, David Březina, Sláva Jevčinová
Publisher:Rosetta Type Foundry
Characters:Arabic, Latin
Released:2018-10-30
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:rosettatype.com