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Anybody

A heavily stylised retro illustration opens the specimen before leading onto more conventional design patterns. It's a shame the aesthetic wasn't carried through to the features or back story of the typeface.

Published on 29 Jul 2020

Newglyph

This is a really cool collection of specimens (as a catalogue, I suppose). Presented in a passive, scrollable format, the controls for manipulating the content ever-present at the bottom of the interface.

Published on 29 Jul 2020

Helsa Display

Super simple specimen from Paratype which has glyphs and languages as different sections. There is a tool menu (which is a little obfuscated) and in here are the usual controls to manipulate the text.

Published on 29 Jul 2020

Forgotten Shapes

This is a really interesting user interface and specimen format. It's a type specimen coupled with a lengthy article in a refreshing interface for swapping between the two.

Published on 29 Jul 2020

Breno Var et al

Tiny stacked type testers with variable font axis controllers. Simple but effective.

Published on 28 Jul 2020

Haste

A simple digital equivalent of a flyer, I suppose. Stacked images of type samples for Haste. The larger weights particularly good.

Published on 28 Jul 2020

Name Sans

Refreshingly simple. A full page type tester with three variable font axis controllers. That's it!

Published on 28 Jul 2020

Pulpo

An in-depth specimen trying hard to display the many features and possible applications of the typeface.

Published on 27 Jul 2020

IBM Plex Sans KR

Specimen for IBM Plex Korean. Super simple, but elegantly displays the typeface at the various weights.

Published on 27 Jul 2020