grotesque – Variable Fonts (original) (raw)

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Gimlet Sans Variable

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

GT Flexa VAR

​A playful sans covering a large range of weights and widths, as well as a monospaced variant.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, geometric, grotesque, ink traps, inserat, monoline, monospaced, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, multiplexed weight, neo-grotesque, overbite/underbite, pinched joints, variable posture
Design: Dominic Huber, Moiré
Publisher: Grilli Type
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-07-21
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: gt-flexa.com

Spektra

​A bold headline sans that can vary between back- and forward-slanting positions.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, backslant, gothic, grotesque, inserat, unusual variation, variable posture, woman-designed
Design: Krista Likar, Alja Herlah
Publisher: Type Salon
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew
Released: 2020-07-14
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: type-salon.com

Greed

Flicker

​A bold, narrow sans with adjustable wavy distortion.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, gothic, grotesque, ink traps, inserat, straight-sided, unusual variation, wavy/wiggly
Design: Daria Zorkina
Publisher: tomorrow.type.today
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic
Released: 2020-03-05
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: tomorrow.type.today

Kyiv*Type

A type series designed for Kyiv city identification.

Tags: decorative/display, serif, slab serif, sans, geometric, didone, fat-face, grotesque, monoline, sharp, spur serifs, unusual variation
Design: Dmitry Rastvortsev
Publisher: Dmitry Rastvortsev
Characters: Latin
Released: 2020-01-14
Licensing: Free for non-commercial use, Free for commercial use
Info/fonts: behance.net

FS Koopman VF

Shrill Variable

​A hybrid slab/sans typeface with unusual distribution of stroke weight, giving a strong horizontal emphasis, especially in the lowercase. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, slab serif, sans, some serifs, fat-face, grotesque, horizontal stress, neo-grotesque, pinched joints, variable posture
Design: Adrien Midzic
Publisher: Pizza Typefaces
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic
Released: 2019-10-15
Updated: 2020-02-12
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: futurefonts.xyz

Grtsk Variable

A grotesk typeface with a wide range of stylistic variation, including reverse italics.

Tags: body text, sans, backslant, gothic, grotesque, neo-grotesque, variable posture
Design: Ilya Naumoff, Benjamin Blaess
Publisher: Black[Foundry]
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic
Released: 2019-08-19
Licensing: Trial, Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: black-foundry.com

Catalpa Variable

TT Trailers

PF Mellon

Silkscreen

Atypical

ETC Epilogue

Soulcraft

Work Sans

​A grotty sans with a wide range of typographic features: Adobe Latin 3 character support, small caps, stylistic alternates, upper- and lowercase numerals, etc.

Tags: body text, sans, feature variations, grotesque, monoline, swash
Design: Wei Huang
Publisher: Wei Huang
Characters: Latin, Vietnamese
Released: 2018-11-15
Updated: 2020-02-02
Licensing: Open source
Info/fonts: weiweihuanghuang.github.io

Chicken Shop Gothic

A sans inspired by squooshed letterforms from vinyl fast food signage and 1960s phototype effects. The ‘Super Size’ axis stretches letters vertically while maintaining consistent glyph widths. Includes a set of food-related dingbats.

Tags: decorative/display, sans, cartoon, gothic, grotesque, multiplexed, phototype, pinched joints, squooshed, straight-sided, unusual variation
Design: Lewis McGuffie
Publisher: Lewis McGuffie
Characters: Latin, Cyrillic, dingbats/emoji
Released: 2018-10-16
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: typeverything.com

Obviously Variable

​A sans with lots of personality and a wide range of stylistic variation, inspired by low-brow vinyl signage, squooshed type, and other garish graphics. Includes a set of stylistic alternates with more humanistic construction. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.

Tags: decorative/display, body text, sans, cartoon, flared/concave, grotesque, squooshed, variable posture
Design: James T. Edmondson
Publisher: OH no Type Co.
Characters: Latin
Released: 2018-09-28
Updated: 2019-09-23
Licensing: Paid/commercial
Info/fonts: ohnotype.co

Agrandir Variable

Gnomon*