Fagun Newspaper Specimen
The Northern Block · 2022
A humanist sans-serif with calligraphic roots, available in 14 styles across 7 weights with italics, covering Western, Southern and Central European languages.
About
Fagun draws on calligraphic tradition to produce a humanist sans suited to text-heavy settings, with 7 weights and matching italics giving considerable range across editorial and body copy work. Its name references Fagin from Dickens' Oliver Twist, a conceit extended across a 44-page printed newspaper specimen built around Dickensian themes. Language support spans Western, Southern and Central Europe, and the family includes an extensive set of OpenType features.
Classification
Described explicitly as a humanist sans-serif with calligraphic roots, placing it firmly in the humanist sans subcategory distinguished by organic stroke modulation and pen-influenced letterforms.