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Optical size variations are adjustments to the design of a typeface that improve its functionality at a specific size or range of sizes. Some of the fonts listed here offer a fluidly variable optical size axis, while others split the variants into separate font files, each covering a general range of sizes.
A modern interpretation of the work of 16th-century punchcutter Robert Granjon.
| Tags: body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes, sharp | |
| Design: | Juanjo López |
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| Publisher: | Huy! Fonts |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2021-11-01 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial, Trial |
| Info/fonts: | juanjez.com |
A variable adaptation of Google’s Roboto typeface, with a bevy of options for adjusting different parameters of the design.
| Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, retractable extenders, unusual variation, variable posture, variable lowercase height | |
| Design: | Font Bureau, David Berlow, Santiago Orozco, Irene Vlachou, Ilya Ruderman, Yury Ostromentsky, Mikhail Strukov, Christian Robertson |
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| Publisher: | |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2021-09-22 |
| Updated: | 2022-04-14 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A variable incarnation of Monotype’s Helvetica Now series.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, feature variations, ink traps, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, neo-grotesque, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Max Miedinger, Charles Nix, Friedrich Althausen, Emilios Theofanous, Malou Verlomme, Jan Hendrik Weber, Monotype Studio |
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| Publisher: | Monotype |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2021-07-13 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
SF Arabic is an extension of Apple’s San Francisco type series, used as the Arabic system font on Apple platforms. It is a “contemporary interpretation of the Naskh style with a rational and flexible design”.
| Tags: body text, sans, monoline, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Apple |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Arabic |
| Released: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.com |
A chunky Venetian-style serif typeface intended for on-screen reading.
| Tags: body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes, wedge serif | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2021-06-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A rounded sans inspired by Latin glyphs in Japanese signage and engraved lettering, with an accompanying bubbly display face.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, cartoon, dimensional, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, optical sizes, ornamented, plump/convex, rounded, variable posture | |
| Design: | Thierry Blancpain |
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| Publisher: | Grilli Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2021-04-27 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | gt-maru.com |
A contemporary serif typeface covering a broad range of styles. Its sans counterpart is NewsSans Variable.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, optical sizes, pinched joints, sharp, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Henning Skibbe |
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| Publisher: | Character Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-12-11 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | charactertype.com |
A digital interpretation of Zeno (originally cut by Charles Malin for Officina Bodoni, circa 1936) with added support for Cyrillic.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Matthieu Cortat |
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| Publisher: | 205TF |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2020-11-26 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | 205.tf |
A text+display sans family geared toward editorial design.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, closed in, grotesque, inserat, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, pinched joints, straight-sided, superellipse | |
| Design: | Florian Fecher |
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| Publisher: | TypeTogether |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-10-28 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | type-together.com |
A sans with size-specific adjustments going down to extra-small sizes.
| Tags: body text, sans, some serifs, feature variations, monoline, neo-grotesque, optical sizes, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Erik Spiekermann, Anja Meiners, Ralph du Carrois |
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| Publisher: | Fontwerk |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-10-12 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontwerk.com |
A serif typeface originally designed for Chilean newspaper La Tercera.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, optical sizes, teardrop terminals | |
| Design: | Dino dos Santos |
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| Publisher: | DSType |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-09-04 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | dstype.com |
A sharp serif typeface with two separate italic styles – one with a fairly traditional structure and another where the placement of weight shifts around for more horizontal stress. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, fat-face, horizontal stress, optical sizes, phototype, pinched joints, sharp, wavy/wiggly | |
| Design: | James T. Edmondson |
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| Publisher: | OH no Type Co. |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-08-24 |
| Updated: | 2020-11-17 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | ohnotype.co |
A digital adaptation of W.A. Dwiggins’ unreleased upright italic typeface, Charter.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, calligraphic, fat-face, optical sizes, pinched joints, swash, teardrop terminals, upright italic | |
| Design: | Cristobal Henestrosa, Oscar Yañez |
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| Publisher: | Sudtipos |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-07-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | sudtipos.com |
An oldstyle serif typeface.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Ian Party |
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| Publisher: | newglyph |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-06-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | newglyph.com |
A “didone” serif typeface with options for extreme stroke contrast.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, didone, multiplexed, optical sizes, pinched joints, teardrop terminals | |
| 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 |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Apple |
| Characters: | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-06-22 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-08 |
| Licensing: | Bundled |
| Info/fonts: | developer.apple.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 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 |
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| Publisher: | Commercial Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-04-28 |
| Updated: | 2021-04-12 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
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 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 serif typeface designed with on-screen usage in mind.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, oldstyle, optical sizes, sharp, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Hugues Gentile |
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| Publisher: | Production Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-03-03 |
| Updated: | 2020-11-26 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Undercase Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-02-26 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | undercase.xyz |
The Serif members of the larger Zarid series that also includes Slab and Sans counterparts.
Pascal Zoghbi designed the Arabic components. For the Latin: Display and Text Upright were designed by Ramiro Espinoza; Serif Upright was designed by Ramiro Espinoza & Khajag Apelian; Serif Slanted and Text Slanted were designed by Jan Fromm.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, directional serifs, optical sizes, sharp, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Pascal Zoghbi, Ramiro Espinoza, Jan Fromm, Khajag Apelian |
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| Publisher: | 29LT |
| Characters: | Latin, Arabic |
| Released: | 2020-01-22 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | 29lt.com |
A serif type series with quirky details. Each font includes a set of variable dingbats/emoji.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, ball terminals, dingbats, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, optical sizes, overbite/underbite, soft corners | |
| Design: | Reto Moser |
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| Publisher: | Grilli Type |
| Characters: | Latin, dingbats/emoji |
| Released: | 2020-01-15 |
| Updated: | 2020-12-02 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | gt-alpina.com |
A hyper-stylized ode to fat-faces of the early 1800s as viewed through the lens of the 1970s.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, ball terminals, cartoon, didone, fat-face, optical sizes, phototype, pinched joints, sharp | |
| Design: | James T. Edmondson |
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| Publisher: | OH no Type Co. |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-01-13 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | ohnotype.co |
A wonky sans inspired by subway tile mosaic lettering. Includes a variety of stylistic alternate glyph sets.
| Tags: sans, geometric, bent strokes, gothic, monoline, optical sizes | |
| Design: | Stephen Nixon |
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| Publisher: | Arrow Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2020-01-06 |
| Updated: | 2021-04-23 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | name.arrowtype.com |
A distinctive serif typeface inspired by Georg Trump’s Schadow. A beta version of the variable font was quietly included in the Font of the Month Club files for Gimlet X-ray.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, feature variations, optical sizes, variable posture | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2020-01-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A humanist sans.
| Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, optical sizes, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Alessia Mazzarella, Vaibhav Singh |
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| Publisher: | URW Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-12-03 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | asterisktype.com |
A serif typeface originally made for newspaper use, inspired by the work of Francesco Griffo. It’s a companion to Sole Sans.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, calligraphic, fat-face, oldstyle, optical sizes, pinched joints | |
| Design: | Luciano Perondi |
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| Publisher: | Cast Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-11-26 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | c-a-s-t.com |