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Chromatic Fonts

Noah Nazir
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Last edited August 22, 2018

Chromatic types are sets of fonts designed to stack one on top of another allowing a single character to be set in multiple colors. See our blog posts on the subject for an introduction to the type genre and help with how to make it work.

replay
microphysics
What is the sound of shit happening?

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

safety
microphysics
The soil bean burns the beef

One of Berlin’s must-visit cultural stops is the Prater, a beer garden in Prenzlauer Berg, a district in the eastern part of Berlin. The Prater easily has one of the most unique graphic identities in the city, completely handmade by artist-illustrator Henning Wagenbreth. The alphabets created by Wagenbreth became the starting point for a refreshing type family, FF Prater. To convincingly... Read More

jungle
illustrative
No burning enter this place

Add custom inline color, multiple shadow styles and layering to dress up this quirky typeface.

Trend is a typeface made of layers, taking as a basis a sans and a slab version. It is the result of observation, search and study of the... Read More

jungle
hypothenuses
Courage is grace under pressure

Trend Slab is Trend’s comfortable, generously-spaced slabby brother.

Trend is a typeface made of layers, taking as a basis a sans and a slab version. It is the result of observation, search and study of the... Read More

safety
guitarfishes
Stuff in palm treasure crayfish

Ademo is a classic, shaded and perspective looking display font. The design is based on two typefaces designed by Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt and published between 1931– 1932 by the German Schriftguss AG type foundry. Ademos special Fill fonts can be used for building multi colored text or for special finishing needs like blind imaging, embossing, stamping, partial UV coating and laser cutting.

brandy
wunderkinder
A nuclear war can ruin your whole day

Grippo is a fat, fun original with broad inlines, outlines and shadows.

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010
Sabina Chipara
Monotype 2017
Jeremy Dooley
insigne 2013
Mika Melvas
Melvastype 2015
Steffen Sauerteig and Henning Wagenbreth
FontFont 2000
Jorge Cisterna and Rodrigo Fuenzalida
Latinotype 2016
Hannes von Döhren
HVD Fonts

FaceType
Sale
Daniel Hernández and Paula Nazal Selaive
Latinotype 2013
Sale
Daniel Hernández and Paula Nazal Selaive
Latinotype 2013
Jos Buivenga
exljbris
Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt and Andreas Seidel
astype 1931

Canada Type

Canada Type
Hannes von Döhren
HVD Fonts 2009
John Roshell
Comicraft
John Roshell
Comicraft
John Roshell
Comicraft
John Roshell and Richard Starkings
Comicraft 2010
John Roshell and Richard Starkings
Comicraft 2010
John Roshell
Comicraft
John Roshell
Comicraft