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Typefaces that use font variation technology for design characteristics beyond the typical implementations of weight, width, slant, etc.
A sliced up version of -OC Format Sans, inspired by Vic Carless’ Shatter.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, monoline, multiplexed, ornamented, sharp, sliced, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Andrew Bellamy |
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| Publisher: | OtherwhereCollective |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-12-09 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | youworkforthem.com |
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, Art Deco, Johnstonian, modular, monoline, multiplexed, ornamented, pixel, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Ilya Bazhanov, Maks Barbulović |
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| Publisher: | tomorrow.type.today |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-11-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | tomorrow.type.today |
A sharp and wonky typeface with pointy extendable serifs and other wavy details.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, closed in, flared/concave, Johnstonian, overbite/underbite, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly, wedge serif, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Vika Usmanova |
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| Publisher: | TypeTrends |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic |
| Released: | 2019-11-06 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Studio Feixen |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-10-31 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fonts.studiofeixen.ch |
A plump, brush-y sans with shiny highlights, inspired by 1970s design.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, brush, cartoon, multiplexed, ornamented, phototype, plump/convex, soft corners, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Fernando Mello |
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| Publisher: | Fontsmith Ltd. |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-10-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontsmith.com |
A bubbly display face with separate fonts that can be layered for multi-color / outline effects.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, cartoon, chromatic, modular, multi-line, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, outline, ornamented, phototype, plump/convex, rounded, shade, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Phil Garnham, Jason Smith |
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| Publisher: | Fontsmith Ltd. |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-10-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontsmith.com |
A sans typeface with a width axis to elongate some strokes for Arabic kashida justification.
| Tags: body text, sans, kashida, neo-grotesque, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Amin Abedi |
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| Publisher: | Amin Abedi |
| Characters: | Arabic, Latin |
| Released: | 2019-10-21 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, calligraphic, flared/concave, inscriptional, multiplexed, ornamented, pinched joints, sharp, stencil, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Nikola Djurek |
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| Publisher: | Typotheque |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-09-17 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typotheque.com |
An interpretation of title lettering from the Silver Age of comics, with options to blend multiple stylistic effects.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, brush, cartoon, multiplexed, ornamented, unusual variation | |
| Design: | John Roshell |
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| Publisher: | Comicraft |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-09-09 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | comicbookfonts.com |
An angular serif typeface with variable options to for pseudo-randomized irregularity.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, M-formula, pinched joints, rotation, sharp, unusual variation, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Riccardo De Franceschi |
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| Publisher: | Cast Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-09-05 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | c-a-s-t.com |
A sans with adjustable diacritics, punctuation, ascenders, and cap height.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, neo-grotesque, retractable extenders, squooshed, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Benoît Bodhuin |
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| Publisher: | bb-bureau |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-09-04 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | bb-bureau.fr |
A contemporary interpretation of extra-bold blackletter type originally published in the 1800s by the Caslon foundry.
| Tags: decorative/display, blackletter, calligraphic, fat-face, inscriptional, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, outline, ornamented, sharp, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Hidetaka Yamasaki |
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| Publisher: | The Northern Block |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
A variable type system for code and user interface design, with the option to vary between monospaced and proportional glyph widths, as well as standard tech-y forms and expressive brush-like forms.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, script, brush, code, feature variations, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, plump/convex, quantized, straight-sided, unusual variation, upright italic, upright script, variable posture | |
| Design: | Stephen Nixon |
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| Publisher: | Arrow Type |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-06-19 |
| Updated: | 2021-04-01 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | recursive.design |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | dingbats/emoji, Pan-Unicode |
| Released: | 2019-06-19 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Briefcase Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-06-11 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | briefcasetype.com |
A geometric sans and a “Strange” counterpart, with the ability to extend some glyphs to exaggerated widths. Its free license is targeted at non-commercial student work.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, irregular widths, neo-grotesque, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Maximilian Müsgens |
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| Publisher: | Typeeins |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-29 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | type.bandeins.de |
An unusual type system that can morph between six different serif styles, including sans-serif. See the demo page for more samples. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, sans, calligraphic, directional serifs, flared/concave, inscriptional, ornamented, retractable serifs, sharp, split terminals, unusual variation, wedge serif | |
| Design: | Bernd Volmer |
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| Publisher: | Bernd Volmer |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-05-15 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A gemstone typeface with adjustable faceting.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, chamfered, ornamented, polygonal, soft corners, spurless, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Arthur Reinders Folmer |
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| Publisher: | Typearture |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-05-07 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typearture.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Adobe |
| Characters: | dingbats/emoji, Pan-Unicode |
| Released: | 2019-05-06 |
| Updated: | 2019-06-19 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |
A condensed typeface with retractable serifs and variable stroke contrast.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, slab serif, sans, gothic, inserat, monoline, optical sizes, retractable serifs, spur serifs, straight-sided, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Pedro Leal, Dino dos Santos |
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| Publisher: | DSType |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-04-10 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | dstype.com |
A monospaced typeface with an unusual axis for rotating glyphs on the X axis, as if in three-dimensional space. The two fonts can be layered with different colors to simulate 3D forms.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, some serifs, animation, chromatic, monospaced, multiplexed, rotation, shade, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Jan Sindler |
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| Publisher: | Jan Sindler |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-04-02 |
| Updated: | 2019-09-18 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
The variation of this typeface expands the outlined forms “into a three dimensional hyperspace”. It also includes a filled top style for layering. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress. (Note: Some browsers may show strange artifacts due to rendering bugs.)
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, animation, chromatic, multi-line, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, ornamented, position, psychedelic, rotalics, rotation, shade, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Vectro |
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| Publisher: | Vectro |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-03-05 |
| Updated: | 2019-04-10 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A variable typeface inspired by dance movements. It began as a collaboration with Design Indaba and the contemporary dancer Andile Vellem, and is offered with a Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, monoline, sharp, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly, woman-designed | |
| Design: | María Ramos, Noel Pretorius |
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| Publisher: | NM Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-02-28 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | nmtype.com |
An experimental typeface that embraces the strange results of interpolating between blackletter and early Cyrillic ustav forms. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, blackletter, calligraphic, proof of concept, pinched joints, polygonal, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, ustav, wavy/wiggly | |
| Design: | CSTM Fonts |
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| Publisher: | CSTM Fonts |
| Characters: | Cyrillic, Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-02-21 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Vectro |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-01-21 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
An experiment in italicization, this one-off member of the Roslindale type series can vary its italic forms separately from the angle of slanting. The vast majority of typefaces change italic forms along with slanting, so this may be the first case of both the registered ‘italic’ and ‘slant’ axes being used in the same variable font.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, feature variations, flared/concave, inscriptional, phototype, pinched joints, sharp, unusual variation, upright italic, variable posture, wedge serif | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-01-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Schriftlabor |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-12-13 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | fontspring.com |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Pizza Typefaces |
| Characters: | Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2018-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | typefaces.pizza |
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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| Publisher: | KOMETA Typefaces |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-11-29 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | kometa.xyz |