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Crystal

Newglyph · Ian Party

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A monoline grotesque by Ian Party that revisits the Akzidenz tradition with subtle contemporary refinements across 144 styles and a variable font axis.

About

Drawing on the Akzidenz-Grotesk lineage, Crystal offers a clean, unadorned monoline construction with understated distinctions from its historical reference. The family spans 144 styles with both Roman and Italic cuts, supported by a variable font covering width, weight and italic axes. Coverage extends to a wide range of Latin-script languages across African, European and South-East Asian languages.

Classification

Described explicitly as a modern sans-serif or grotesque typeface, drawing on the Akzidenz-Grotesk tradition with a monoline design and unadorned, sleek character forms.

Weights

ThinExtraLightLightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBoldBlack

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

grotesquemonolineakzidenzvariablecontemporarycleaneuropean