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Gerhard

Smuss Type Kiosk · William Stormdal · 2022

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monomonospaced sansmono
Gerhard specimen from Smuss Type Kiosk

A five-weight monospaced family by William Stormdal, drawing on Scandinavian social-democratic egalitarianism as its guiding principle for equal character spacing.

About

Designed in Norway in 2022 by William Stormdal, the family runs from Light to Bold across five cuts, each character allotted identical space without exception. Slit openings at joints distinguish the construction and improve legibility at smaller sizes. OpenType features include contextual automatic arrows, circled and black circled figures, and a flippy alternate set.

Classification

Gerhard is explicitly classified as Mono by the foundry; each character occupies an identical advance width, with a clean, constructed sans structure and slit joints for legibility.

Weights

LightStandardMediumSemiBoldBold

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

monospacedconstructedscandinavianlegibilitycodingeditorialgeometric