States
A grotesque family in two versions — sharp and rounded — united by a variable Pressure axis that bridges historical poster display type with workhorse jobbing type.
About
States draws on the two poles of early sans-serif type: the crude, loud poster grotesque and the plain, functional small-print workhorse. Fatype synthesise these into 28 styles across States Grotesque and States Rounded, each running from Thin to Black with matching italics. A selection of alternates channels the idiosyncrasies of physical printing, and the variable font connects both subfamilies through a custom Pressure axis.
Classification
A quintessential grotesque in the nineteenth-century tradition, with two subfamilies — Grotesque and Rounded — bridging historical poster and jobbing type traditions. The Pressure variable axis connecting both versions reinforces its grotesque lineage.