Kinesis® Pro
Type Culture · Mark Jamra · 1990
A pen-written humanist serif by Mark Jamra, begun in 1990, that balances calligraphic expressiveness with the legibility demands of continuous text.
About
Designed by Mark Jamra and originally released as an Adobe Original, Kinesis Pro draws on the romans of Jenson and Garamond as well as the work of Oldřich Menhart, channelling an intuitive, calligraphic energy into a typeface suited to both book text and display settings. Its unconventional, expressive letterforms are tempered by solid text legibility, making it usable across magazine copy, posters and packaging without sacrificing personality. The result is a family with a distinctly lively character that sets it apart from more neutral text faces.
Classification
Kinesis draws from the pen-written calligraphic tradition, referencing Jenson and Garamond romans, with expressive unconventional forms balanced against legible text characteristics — placing it firmly in the humanist serif category.