rectangular – Variable Fonts

Variable Fonts v0.2

A simple resource for finding and trying variable fonts

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Variable fonts tagged with “rectangular”

33 results

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
Info/fonts:daltonmaag.com

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
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Thicker Variable

  • Thicker Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Thicker Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 1000

​A squarish sans with athletic and/or futuristic overtones.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, monoline, rectangular, straight-sided, superellipse, upright italic, vertex spread
Design:Francesco Canovaro
Publisher:Zetafonts
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese, Greek, Cyrillic
Released:2020-02-04
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:zetafonts.com

Hyperspace Race Variable

  • Hyperspace Race Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
  • Hyperspace Race Variable (with OpenType stylistic alternates and discretionary ligatures enabled)
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
200 900
1 9
0 12

​A rectangular, sci-fi themed sans.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, futuristic/sci-fi, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, modular, monoline, rectangular, straight-sided, variable posture
Design:John Roshell
Publisher:Swell Type
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic
Released:2020-01-28
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:swelltype.com

Studio Feixen Sans Variable

  • Studio Feixen Sans Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • Studio Feixen Sans Edgy Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 400
-100 100

​A geometric sans with adjustable weirdness.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, bent strokes, irregular widths, monoline, raw geometry, rectangular, unusual variation, vertex spread
Design:Studio Feixen
Publisher:Studio Feixen
Characters:Latin (limited)
Released:2019-10-31
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:fonts.studiofeixen.ch

Science Gothic

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюя
100 900
50 200
18 122
-10 0

​A variable adaptation of Morris Fuller Benton’s Bank Gothic from the early 1930s.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, Art Deco, futuristic/sci-fi, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, rectangular, straight-sided, variable posture
Design:Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev, Brandon Buerkle
Publisher:Thomas Phinney
Characters:Latin, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released:2019-08-29
Updated:2020-03-19
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Width & Vertical Width VF

  • かなABC漢字
    あAB漢字12国
1 1000
1 1000

A special-purpose font that demonstrates the relationships between variable “width” axes for use with different writing directions. For example, horizontal layout is typical with Western characters (represented as hollow rectangles in this font), but vertical layout is often used with some Asian characters (represented as solid rectangles), and it’s possible to combine aspects of both in different ways. This can make the relationship between different glyphs’ width, height, and rotation complicated. Ken Lunde explains more in the article introducing the font.

Tags: CFF, dingbats, proof of concept, monospaced, polygonal, rectangular, straight-sided, unusual variation
Design:Ken Lunde
Publisher:Adobe
Characters:dingbats/emoji, Pan-Unicode
Released:2019-06-19
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

BC Minim Variable

  • BC Minim Variable
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
  • BC Minim Variable Italic
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
100 200
1 100

A typeface designed “for typesetting at miniature type sizes”. Its underlying structure is based on a course pixel grid, and the variable ink trap notches can be used to counteract the effects of printing or rendering at small sizes, or for stylistic effects at larger sizes.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, bent strokes, gothic, ink traps, multiplexed, rectangular, unusual variation, vertex spread
Design:Matyáš Bartoň
Publisher:Briefcase Type Foundry
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-06-11
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:briefcasetype.com

Adobe Blank VF & Friends

  • Adobe Blank VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • Adobe Black VF
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0 1000
0 1000

A set of special-purpose variable fonts based on Adobe Blank and Adobe Blank 2, intended to render all Unicode characters / code points using variable glyphs. Adobe Blank VF renders all code points with empty space, and Adobe Black VF renders them with a variable rectangle. The “2” versions of the fonts are produced in a way that is more data-efficient, but may not be supported in all environments. In those cases, the plain Adobe Blank VF and Adobe Black VF fonts can be used. Ken Lunde explains more in the article about the fonts.

Tags: CFF, dingbats, monospaced, polygonal, rectangular, straight-sided, unusual variation
Design:Ken Lunde
Publisher:Adobe
Characters:dingbats/emoji, Pan-Unicode
Released:2019-05-06
Updated:2019-06-19
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

Graduate

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
40 200
100 800
8 16
0 20
750 850
0 100
100 800
0 30
0 50
650 750
0 50
-20 0

A slab serif styled after classic letterman / varsity style lettering, with some variation axes adopted from the Type Network parametric axes proposal.

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, all caps, chamfered, horizontal stress, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, optical sizes, polygonal, rectangular, straight-sided, variable lowercase height
Design:Eduardo Tunni
Publisher:Eduardo Tunni
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-03-26
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

CoFo Peshka Variable

  • АБВГДЕЖЗИЙКЛМНОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
0 1000
0 1000

An industrial sans inspired by Russian lettering from the 1920s. Designed by Maria Doreuli with the help of Anna Khorash. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, futuristic/sci-fi, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, rectangular, straight-sided, woman-designed
Design:Maria Doreuli
Publisher:Contrast Foundry
Characters:Cyrillic, Latin (limited)
Released:2019-03-18
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Kicker Variable

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
1 1000
1 1000
1 1000

​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
Publisher:Vectro
Characters:Latin
Released:2019-01-21
Licensing:Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:futurefonts.xyz

Changa

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    أبجد هوز حطي كلمن سعفص قرشت ثخذ ضظغ
100 200

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
Publisher:Eli Heuer
Characters:Latin, Arabic
Released:2019-01-08
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com

PhD Mono

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
    ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩ
    αβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρσςτυφχψω
0 1000

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

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

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

Merit Badge

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789
0 1
200 500

The world’s second variable color font release, and the first to support a standard alphanumeric character set, based on lettering from a 1940s Boy Scouts guide. The promo page includes a tool built by Chris Lewis for generating versions with customized color palettes. (If the sample is black and/or doesn’t change with the sliders, your browser doesn’t fully support variable color fonts yet.)

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, sans, all caps, Art Deco, color, gaspipe, gothic, inline, modular, ornamented, rectangular, retractable serifs, spurless, straight-sided, unicase, unusual variation
Design:David Jonathan Ross
Publisher:DJR, Font of the Month Club
Characters:Latin, Vietnamese
Released:2018-06-01
Licensing:Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts:djr.com

Waba Border

  • AAAAAAAAA
0 100
0 100

​An Art Nouveua border font, part of the Waba type series. The font includes automatic start and end glyphs via OpenType contextual alternates, plus an optional face glyph accessible via OpenType stylistic alternates.

Tags: decorative/display, Art Nouveau, dingbats, psychedelic, rectangular, soft corners
Design:Lewis McGuffie
Publisher:Lewis McGuffie
Characters:dingbats/emoji
Released:2018-05-10
Licensing:Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use
Info/fonts:lewismcguffie.com

Nu Alfabet

  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
0 1
0 1

​A variable incarnation of Wim Crouwel’s New Alphabet system for parametric typesetting.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, chamfered, futuristic/sci-fi, modular, monoline, monospaced, polygonal, rectangular, spurless, squooshed, straight-sided, unicase, unusual variation
Design:Rafael de Azevedo
Publisher:TipoTipos
Characters:Latin (limited)
Released:2017-10-14
Licensing:Open source
Info/fonts:github.com