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Calhern specimen from Frost

A grotesque sans in 26 styles spanning 13 weights, from Hairline to Black, with matching italics, a Condensed subfamily and an unusual Skeleton cut.

About

The family runs an exceptionally wide weight range from Hairline and Ultrathin through to Heavy and Black, with every weight accompanied by an italic. A Wide and a Condensed variant extend its typographic range further, while a Skeleton style offers an inline or outline effect for display use. The combination of extreme weight contrast and a dedicated Condensed subfamily makes it well suited to editorial hierarchies and headline-led design.

Classification

Calhern presents as a grotesque sans-serif with a wide range of weights from Hairline to Black, plus a Skeleton style and condensed variant, consistent with the neo-grotesque tradition extended into contemporary type design.

Weights

HairlineUltrathinThinUltralightLightBookRegularMediumSemiboldBoldHeavyBlackSkeleton

Optical sizes and widths

WideCondensed

Family

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquewide-rangecondensededitorialcontemporaryskeletondisplaytext