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B612: open source font, not for cockpits only
B612 is a free and open source font that was designed from inception for use on aircraft cockpit screens specifically.
Bricolage Grotesque — Free & Open Source Variable Font
An expressive variable font that blends iconic French and British designs across three axes: weight, width, and optical size. It visually expresses what it feels like when you cannot be what you were and yet you can never truly be anybody else.
Work Sans (Sans Serif) 18 styles + Variable
Work Sans is a typeface based loosely on early Grotesques. The core of the fonts are optimised for on-screen medium-sized text usage (14px-48px) – but still can be used in print well.
HK Grotesk™ is an Open Source sans serif typeface inspired by the classic grotesques. Geometry, metrics, punctuations, and OpenType features have been updated to support a wide range of projects such as Environmental Signage, text face for books and magazines, Interface, Websites, and Mobile Applica...
Intel One Mono
Intel One Mono font repository. Contribute to intel/intel-one-mono development by creating an account on GitHub.
Piscolabis - A new OFL-licensed Sans-serif Display font!
From the website...
Piscolabis is a bold and condensed display typeface based on various hand-painted signs found across Europe. The project started as a sans-serif spin-off of the Picaflor typeface (with which it shares the same x-height) but it soon developed its own personality.
Metropolis
A modern, geometric typeface by @chrismsimpson (last commit @ 85fa625 Jun 9, 2020 before deletion) Removed because of https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/metropolis-font-repo-missing/69415/3 - dw5/Metr...
A great match for Proxima Nova
GitHub - Clarity City
Clarity City. Contribute to vmware-archive/clarity-city development by creating an account on GitHub.
Clarity City is an open source sans-serif typeface. It is the default font for the VMware Clarity Design System.
webfont port of Max Meidinginers Neue Haas Grotesk Pro - prodms/max
"webfont port of Max Meidinginers Neue Haas Grotesk Pro "
A 12px pixel art font based on late medieval manuscripts.
Announcement: https://mastodon.art/@eishiya/108151431771594810
Lexend
In 1999, as an educational therapist, Dr. Bonnie Shaver-Troup, working with clients, began observing that reading issues masked the individual’s true capability and intelligence.
In 2000, Bonnie theorized that reading performance would improve through use of:
These changes led to the development of seven specially-designed fonts, which create an immediate improvement in reading performance.
This is where Lexend was formed.
[Github] https://github.com/googlefonts/lexend
[Website] https://www.lexend.com/
Aileron (Sans-serif, lineal/neo-grotesque)
Neo-Grotesque super-family inspired by Helvetica and Univers. Has legibility improvements like curved lowercase l, easily distinguishable from uppercase I.
Aileron by Sora Sagano
"Aileron is a Neo-Grotesque sans serif super-family of fonts inspired by Helvetica. Compared to Helvetica, it has legibility improvements like curved lowercase l to be easily distinguishable from uppercase I.
Dots and periods are circular and follow Euler spiral, giving a soft appearance. While from a design point of view Aileron is close to Helvetica, conceptually it is closer to Univers."
Chivo (Sans-serif, lineal/neo-grotesque)
Ideal for highlights and headlines. Its details make it an indispensable ally for any designer. Designed by Héctor Gatti and Omnibus-Type Team. Free download.
Chivo (‘goat’ in Spanish) is the first Omnibus-Type neo-grotesque typeface family. It has 7 weight variants, plus matching italics. Its solidness and balanced strokes give Chivo both elegance and practicality. Chivo Regular works perfectly in long-reading texts, while Chivo Black is ideal for headlines, banners and highlights. Developed by Héctor Gatti, this is an indispensable ally for any designer.
Minipax (Serif, modern/didone)
A typeface for dystopias. Contribute to ronotypo/Minipax development by creating an account on GitHub.
Very nice serif typography, the only problem at the moment is that it doesn't exist in italic... I hope it will come soon.
Cinzel (Serif, classical/réales)
NDISCOVER – High Quality Fonts for Professionals and Enthusiasts
A good free alternative to Trajan. It has no lowercase, but can be used for titling for example.
