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Typefaces that maintain consistently-sized counterforms of negative space across variations in the weight/width of positive forms.
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 display-centric sans with a large range of widths that increase with the weight.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, consistent counters, gaspipe, gothic, inserat, straight-sided | |
| Design: | Francesco Canovaro, Andrea Tartarelli, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini |
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| Publisher: | Zetafonts |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-12-05 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | zetafonts.com |
A chamfered sans where the counterforms remain the same size across a range of weights.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, chamfered, consistent counters, futuristic/sci-fi, modular, polygonal, rectangular, spurless, straight-sided | |
| Design: | Oscar Cobo |
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| Publisher: | Oscar Cobo |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-11-21 |
| Licensing: | Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | behance.net |
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 |
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| Publisher: | Briefcase Type Foundry |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-11-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | briefcasetype.com |
A rounded sans covering a large range of widths. The design is adjusted not with typical weight and width variations, but by adjusting the positive and negative shapes of the letterforms.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, consistent counters, inserat, modular, monoline, phototype, rounded, spurless, straight-sided, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Wete, Oscar Cobo |
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| Publisher: | Ultratypes |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-05-07 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | ultratypes.com |
A stencil sans that maintains consistently-sized counterforms across a wide range of weights.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, consistent counters, futuristic/sci-fi, modular, rectangular, stencil, straight-sided, vertex spread | |
| Design: | Adrien Midzic |
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| Publisher: | Adrien Midzic |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-04-05 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | adrienmidzic.fr |
A variable font distributed with DJR’s Rhody type family for members of the Font of the Month Club. Originally released as 2 separate variable font counterparts to the 2 first weights in February, 2018, it was updated in July, 2018, combining the weights into a single font with a weight axis.
| Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, bent strokes, consistent counters, inserat, pinched joints, retractable extenders, straight-sided, unusual variation, vertex spread, wood type | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-02-01 |
| Updated: | 2018-07-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
Fit was designed across a large range of widths to fill up any space it occupies while maintaining a constant amount of space within and between letters. The Hebrew extension was drawn by Oded Ezer and the Armenian extension by Gor Jihanian.
| Tags: decorative/display, sans, all caps, consistent counters, futuristic/sci-fi, inserat, modular, rectangular, spurless, straight-sided | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross, Oded Ezer, Gor Jihanian |
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| Publisher: | DJR |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Armenian, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2017-01-11 |
| Updated: | 2019-01-22 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
Amstelvar is an exercise in variable weight, contrast, and proportions. Positive and negative forms can be manipulated as separate axes, as well as a large array of other variables. It is an experimental work in progress so can produce unusual results.
| Tags: decorative/display, body text, serif, slab serif, consistent counters, fat-face, proof of concept, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, optical sizes, retractable extenders, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, variable lowercase height, wedge serif | |
| Design: | David Berlow |
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| Publisher: | Font Bureau |
| Characters: | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2016-12-16 |
| Updated: | 2021-06-03 |
| Licensing: | Open source |
| Info/fonts: | github.com |