Marr Sans
Commercial Type · Paul Barnes, Dave Foster
A characterful nineteenth-century Scottish grotesque revived and expanded by Paul Barnes and Dave Foster, with standard and Condensed widths.
About
A grotesque sans serif designed by Paul Barnes and Dave Foster from an 1870s Scottish typeface by James Marr & Co. of Edinburgh, the successors to Alexander Wilson & Sons. Marr Sans expands a handful of original sizes in a single weight into a system running from Thin to Bold with matching italics, plus a wider Ultra Black, and a Condensed cut at the same weights. Where Graphik and Atlas read as twentieth-century neutrals, Marr revels in nineteenth-century individuality and reads as a sharper, more British cousin to Franklin and News Gothic. Suits identity, editorial and packaging that wants distinction without theatre.
Classification
Commercial Type describe Marr Sans as a characterful grotesque inspired by an 1870s typeface from James Marr & Co. of Edinburgh, expanded by Paul Barnes and Dave Foster from Thin to Bold plus an Ultra Black, with a Condensed companion.