Söhne Breit
Klim Type Foundry · Kris Sowersby · 2019
The wide cut of Söhne, holding the family's Akzidenz-meets-Helvetica neutrality at expansive proportions for display and branding.
About
The wide companion to Söhne, drawn by Kris Sowersby with the same Akzidenz-Grotesk and Standard Medium reference points stretched horizontally. Eight weights from Extraleicht to Extrafett run with matching Kursiv italics, giving the same German weight nomenclature as the parent family. Brands reach for it when headlines need width and air without tipping into a true display face, often paired back with Söhne or Söhne Mono for body text.
Classification
Klim classifies it as Lineal: Grotesque; the wide cut in the Söhne system, capturing the analogue materiality of Standard Medium used in Unimark's NYC Subway wayfinding.