Coco Tardis
Zetafonts · Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Mario De Libero · 2021
A variable sans-serif that morphs its letterforms across a timeline from 1870 to 2022, encoding typographic period styles into a single font slider.
About
Built as an extension of Coco Gothic Pro, Coco Tardis uses a variable font axis labelled 'VNTG' to shift the letterforms through period-appropriate alternates decade by decade. The family ships in 27 static styles across nine eras and three weights, plus a variable file that lets the user scrub through the full timeline. Coverage runs to 213 languages across Latin script with 814 glyphs per style.
Classification
Coco Tardis derives from Coco Gothic, a geometric sans-serif, and varies its letterforms across historical eras using a variable font axis, maintaining the geometric sans structure throughout.