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Off Type · Mat Desjardins, Francesca Bolognini, Fred Wiltshire
A nine-weight angular display typeface built around deliberate glitch aesthetics, with warped strokes and fragmented forms framed as the output of an AI making errors.
About
Designed by Mat Desjardins, Francesca Bolognini and Fred Wiltshire, the family spans Thin to Black with a variable cut and 455 glyphs covering Latin Extended A. Each weight carries intentional distortions: strokes warp, lines twist and shapes fragment to suggest digital malfunction. The concept is built around the question of whether a machine or a human is ultimately responsible for the forms, giving it a narrative hook useful for sci-fi, tech and editorial contexts.
Classification
An angular, glitch-inflected display sans with distorted strokes and fragmented forms; the deliberate digital-anomaly aesthetic places it firmly in the experimental display category rather than any conventional sans classification.