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Akke Poster specimen from Bloom Type

A display sans in 21 styles spread across three optical sizes, drawing on 1940s lettering conventions for poster and headline use.

About

Organised into Small, standard and Big optical variants, each running through seven weights from Light to Black, the family is built around the demands of large-scale typesetting. The 1940s design sensibility gives it a period warmth that separates it from neutral contemporary grotesques. With no italic and no condensed cuts, it is a straightforward display tool rather than a system font.

Classification

The tagline 'Born the 2020s, designed in the 1940s' and the poster-specific naming point to a display-oriented sans with mid-century influences, organised across optical size variants (Small, standard, Big) rather than a conventional text family.

Weights

LightBookRegularSemiboldBoldExtraboldBlack

Optical sizes and widths

SmallStandardBig

Languages

Latin

Tags

displaypostermid-centuryoptical-sizesretrosans-serif