Fabric Serif
Monokrom · Sindre Bremnes, Frode Helland, Wei Huang · 2020
A sharp, austere text serif by Sindre Bremnes and Frode Helland, reimagining Plantin through Renaissance letterforms on Baroque proportions with Modernist detailing.
About
Conceived as the serif counterpart to Fabric Sans, this typeface shares the same structural foundation of curve tension, rhythm and metrics as its companion while diverging in morphology and detailing. The design traces a line from 15th-century letterforms through the Baroque proportions of Pierpoint's 1913 Plantin, arriving at a crisp, contemporary finish suited to demanding text settings. Three weights from Regular to Bold, each with italics, make it a lean but capable family for editorial and typographic hierarchy work.
Classification
Described as a reimagining of Plantin, itself a Baroque-proportioned revival of Renaissance letterforms with Modernist detailing; sits comfortably in the transitional serif category given its layered historical references and contemporary finish.