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Experimental adaptations of Megabase Open exploring solutions for layered gradient variable fonts. While true gradients in variable color fonts aren’t technically possible at the moment, the effect is simulated with stripes of color (which can be modified in a custom-made preview tool).
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, backslant, color, futuristic/sci-fi, horizontal stress, modular, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, outline, ornamented, phototype, psychedelic, straight-sided, unusual variation, variable posture | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-10-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A geometric sans inspired by Art Deco lettering on the Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, Art Deco, bent strokes, monoline | |
| Design: | Álvaro Franca, Felipe Casaprima |
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| Publisher: | Naipe Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-09-16 |
| Licensing: | By request |
| Info/fonts: | naipe.xyz |
A geometric sans with handful of glyphs reminiscent of bent metal tubing.
| Tags: sans, geometric, bent strokes, futuristic/sci-fi, monoline | |
| Design: | Denis Serebryakov |
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| Publisher: | Serebryakov Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2020-09-10 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type.today |
A narrow sans intended for screen usage at small sizes. A sibling of Action Condensed, it offers subtle grade variations for interactive effects or to counteract the effects of different rendering situations (e.g. light type on a dark background).
| Tags: body text, sans, gothic, ink traps, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, straight-sided, vertex spread | |
| Design: | Erik van Blokland |
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| Publisher: | Commercial Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-09-08 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | commercialtype.com |
A type system that can morph between a wide range of stylistic variations, including low-contrast sans, chunky slab serif, high-contrast modern, calligraphic sans, and everything in between.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, sans, calligraphic, M-formula, overbite/underbite, retractable serifs, sharp, stub serifs, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Viktor Zumegen |
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| Publisher: | Viktor Zumegen |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2020-08-10 |
| Updated: | 2021-02-10 |
| Licensing: | By request |
| Info/fonts: | viktorzumegen.de |
A humanist sans inspired by traditional British stone carving.
| Tags: body text, sans, flared/concave, inscriptional, Johnstonian | |
| Design: | Dalton Maag |
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| Publisher: | Dalton Maag |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-08-05 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | daltonmaag.com |
A geometric sans.
| Tags: sans, geometric, feature variations, monoline, variable posture | |
| Design: | Gabriel Richter |
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| Publisher: | nice to type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-08-03 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | nicetotype.de |
A slightly squarish sans, originally designed for Russian telecom company, MTS. Available as a single variable font with the full range of the design or as multiple variable fonts each with a limited range. Ro Hernández handled the technical mastering for the project.
| Tags: body text, sans, monoline, neo-grotesque, superellipse | |
| Design: | Ilya Ruderman, Yury Ostromentsky |
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| Publisher: | CSTM Fonts |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2020-07-27 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type.today |
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 |
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| Publisher: | TypeTogether |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-07-25 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-together.com |
A playful sans covering a large range of weights and widths, as well as a monospaced variant.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, grotesque, ink traps, inserat, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite, pinched joints, variable posture | |
| Design: | Dominic Huber, Moiré |
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| Publisher: | Grilli Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-07-21 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | gt-flexa.com |
A geometric sans that, instead of a typical optical size axis, offers more specific adjustments for details normally affected by optical size variation. Expansions are planned for Arabic, Hebrew, and more.
| Tags: sans, geometric, feature variations, monoline, multiplexed, retractable extenders, unusual variation, variable posture | |
| Design: | Christoph Koeberlin |
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| Publisher: | Fontwerk |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-07-20 |
| Updated: | 2021-03-09 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontwerk.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Type Salon |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew |
| Released: | 2020-07-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-salon.com |
A variable typeface that goes “from thin, quick handwritten letters to stable, black typographic shapes”.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, feature variations, handwriting, monoline, unusual variation, upright italic, variable posture | |
| Design: | Jérôme Knebusch |
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| Publisher: | Poem |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-07-10 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | poem-editions.com |
A rounded monospaced typeface.
| Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, rounded | |
| Design: | Tyler Finck |
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| Publisher: | Tyler Finck |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-07-09 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A modular pixel typeface with adjustable foreground and background patterning.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, modular, monospaced, multi-line, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, ornamented, pixel, spurless, straight-sided, unusual variation | |
| Design: | David Březina |
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| Publisher: | Rosetta Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek |
| Released: | 2020-07-02 |
| Updated: | 2021-04-08 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | rosettatype.com |
A narrow sans originally commissioned by Anymade Studio for Polansky Gallery.
| Tags: body text, sans, grotesque, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite | |
| Design: | Displaay |
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| Publisher: | Displaay |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-07-01 |
| Licensing: | By request |
| Info/fonts: | displaay.net |
A simple sans covering a wide range of variation.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, consistent counters, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, neo-grotesque, straight-sided, thick-and-thin | |
| Design: | Ian Party |
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| Publisher: | newglyph |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-06-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | newglyph.com |
A geometric sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, geometric, gothic, multiplexed, pinched joints | |
| Design: | Ian Party |
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| Publisher: | newglyph |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-06-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | newglyph.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2020-06-22 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Dalton Maag |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-06-20 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | daltonmaag.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Poem |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-26 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | poem-editions.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Italiantype |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-15 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | italiantype.com |
A wide-stanced sans with forms inspired by the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, bent strokes, Johnstonian, monoline, vertex spread, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Beatriz Lozano |
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| Publisher: | Beatriz Lozano |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-14 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | beatrizl.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Suitcase Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-05-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | suitcasetype.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Dalton Maag |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-05 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | daltonmaag.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Displaay |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-05-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | displaay.net |
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 |
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| Publisher: | OH no Type Co. |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-04-01 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | ohnotype.co |
A back-slanted brush script based on left-handed lettering.
| Tags: sans, script, brush, calligraphic, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, soft corners, upright script, variable posture, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Phaedra Charles |
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| Publisher: | Undercase Type |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2020-03-26 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
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 |
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| Publisher: | DSType |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-03-23 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | dstype.com |
A variable version of Condor, a high-contrast sans inspired by 20th-century commercial lettering.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, Art Deco, gothic, thick-and-thin, variable posture | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-03-12 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |