Ballast

XYZ Type · Ben Kiel

slabegyptiennecondensed

A compressed Egyptienne with exaggerated ball terminals, originally drawn for New York magazine by Ben Kiel and still in active development.

About

Born from a commission for New York magazine, Ballast takes an Egyptienne structure and pushes it into an extra-narrow width designed for tight, dense typesetting. Ben Kiel later refined the concept for Supermajority, pushing the ball terminals further and carving out as much internal space as possible. Currently available in a single Condensed Bold, with additional weights and widths planned.

Classification

Ballast is explicitly described as an Egyptienne typeface compressed into an extra-narrow width, with exaggerated ball terminals characteristic of a display slab serif.

Weights

Bold

Optical sizes and widths

Condensed

Family

Ballast Condensed

Languages

Latin