modular – Variable Fonts (original) (raw)

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Pimpit

Heliuum VAR

A typographic system built into a single font, containing 7 sets of capitals with different heights and vertical positions for mixing and matching. Glyph variants are accessible via OpenType with stylistic sets or by repeating characters while discretionary ligatures are enabled, with uppercase and lowercase changing height and position, respectively.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, gothic, modular, monoline, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, straight-sided, vertex spread
Design: Damien Gautier
Publisher: 205TF
Characters: Latin
Released: 2021-03-03
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: 205.tf

Wavefont

Linefont

Megabase Color Variable & Megabase Stripe Variable

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
Publisher: DJR, Font of the Month Club
Characters: Latin, Vietnamese
Released: 2020-10-01
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: djr.com

Gridlite

​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
Publisher: Rosetta Type Foundry
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek
Released: 2020-07-02
Updated: 2021-04-08
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: rosettatype.com

Gimme Constructo Variable

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

Hyperspace Race Variable

​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

Homecomputer

Variable interpretations of monospaced pixel fonts for the Commodore 64 and Amiga home computer systems from the 1980s, with adjustable effects to simulate artifacts of old CRT displays.

Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, modular, monospaced, multi-line, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, ornamented, pixel, rounded, soft corners, straight-sided, unusual variation
Design: Jens Kutílek
Publisher: Jens Kutílek
Characters: Latin
Released: 2019-12-19
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: github.com

Dusseldot

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, Art Deco, Johnstonian, modular, monoline, multiplexed, ornamented, pixel, unusual variation
Design: Ilya Bazhanov, Maks Barbulović
Publisher: tomorrow.type.today
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic
Released: 2019-11-07
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: tomorrow.type.today

FS Pele VF

FS Kitty VF

​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
Publisher: Fontsmith Ltd.
Characters: Latin (limited)
Released: 2019-10-29
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: fontsmith.com

TINY

A mostly-monospaced dot-matrix typeface based on the smallest type size of 5 dots on the HandJet EBS-250 hand-held printer. Includes several sets of stylistic alternate glyphs, with different dot configurations and widths.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, modular, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, pixel, quantized, spurless, straight-sided
Design: Jack Halten Fahnestock
Publisher: Velvetyne Type Foundry
Characters: Latin, dingbats/emoji
Released: 2019-04-04
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: velvetyne.fr

Handjet

​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
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

Ribbon

​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

BPdots

Haki

​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
Publisher: Oscar Cobo
Characters: Latin
Released: 2018-11-21
Licensing: Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use
Info/fonts: behance.net

Fragua

Monoweight No. 3

YWFT Fluctuant Variable

Manufaktur Variable

Carbono

​A chamfered, polygonal sans.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, chamfered, futuristic/sci-fi, modular, monoline, polygonal, rectangular, straight-sided, variable posture
Design: Oscar Cobo
Publisher: Oscar Cobo
Characters: Latin
Released: 2018-06-20
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: behance.net

Merit Badge

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

UT Morph

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
Publisher: Ultratypes
Characters: Latin
Released: 2018-05-07
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: ultratypes.com

Mixal

Phase

A modular type system comprised of several variable fonts with a mix of unusual variations. The demo website, developed by Florian Zia, allows users to control the variations via sliders or an audio sensor, and also download static instances of the fonts for personal use. Those interested in commercial use or acquiring variable versions of the fonts can email the designer, Elias Hanzer, for more info.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, flared/concave, modular, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, ornamented, pinched joints, raw geometry, retractable serifs, sharp, split terminals, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly
Design: Elias Hanzer
Publisher: Elias Hanzer
Characters: Latin
Released: 2018-01-15
Licensing: Free for non-commercial use, By request
Info/fonts: eliashanzer.com

Wind VF

​Wind offers an unusual axis to vary its sweeping design elements smoothly around a full 360° circle of rotation. It can also be layered for special color/overlay effects. The typeface was adapted from Hansje van Halem’s alphabet design to a variable font form by Peter Biľak and Thom Janssen.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, geometric, all caps, animation, modular, multiplexed, ornamented, pixel, rotation, sharp, unusual variation, woman-designed
Design: Hansje van Halem
Publisher: Typotheque
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek
Released: 2017-12-08
Updated: 2018-11-14
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: typotheque.com

Nu Alfabet

​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

Fit Variable

​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
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

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