optical sizes – Variable Fonts (original) (raw)

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Graveur Variable

Roboto Flex

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
Publisher: Google
Characters: Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released: 2021-09-22
Updated: 2022-04-14
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: github.com

Helvetica Now Variable

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
Publisher: Monotype
Characters: Latin
Released: 2021-07-13
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: myfonts.com

SF Arabic

Fern Variable

GT Maru VF

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
Publisher: Grilli Type
Characters: Latin
Released: 2021-04-27
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: gt-maru.com

NewsSerif Variable

Zénith Var

Lektorat Var

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
Publisher: TypeTogether
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-10-28
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: type-together.com

Case VAR

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
Publisher: Fontwerk
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-10-12
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: fontwerk.com

Acta Var

Swear Variable

Mon Nicolette Variable

​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
Publisher: Sudtipos
Characters: Latin, Vietnamese
Released: 2020-07-07
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: sudtipos.com

Atacama VAR

Amazonia VAR

SF Compact

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
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

Atyp

​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
Publisher: Suitcase Type Foundry
Characters: Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
Released: 2020-05-07
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: suitcasetype.com

Roboto Serif

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
Publisher: Commercial Type
Characters: Latin, Vietnamese
Released: 2020-04-28
Updated: 2021-04-12
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: github.com

Degular Variable

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
Publisher: OH no Type Co.
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-04-01
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: ohnotype.co

Larga Var

​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
Publisher: DSType
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-03-23
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: dstype.com

Newsreader

Fraunces

​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
Publisher: Undercase Type
Characters: Latin, Vietnamese
Released: 2020-02-26
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: undercase.xyz

29LT Zarid Serif

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
Publisher: 29LT
Characters: Latin, Arabic
Released: 2020-01-22
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: 29lt.com

GT Alpina

​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
Publisher: Grilli Type
Characters: Latin, dingbats/emoji
Released: 2020-01-15
Updated: 2020-12-02
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: gt-alpina.com

Ohno Fatface Variable

Name Sans Variable

Gimlet Variable

Marble

Sole Serif