Plastique
Kilotype · William Montrose
An industrial sans serif drawing on injection moulding aesthetics and optical character recognition history, with ink traps and open forms optimised for small-size rendering.
About
Designed by William Montrose, Plastique pairs the clear geometry of an industrial sans with small curves and soft transitions that echo injection-moulded plastics. The family cites Matthew Carter's Bell Centennial and Karlgeorg Hoefer's FE type as reference points for crude-condition legibility, deploying ink traps, spread diagonals and open shapes accordingly. Six weights with duplexable uprights and italics suit UI environments, while a parallel Frame subfamily mimics the visual language of the moulding process itself.
Classification
A clear-form industrial sans serif with references to OCR typefaces and functional type history, softened by curves derived from injection moulding; duplexable uprights and italics point to UI and text utility.