Information
Metric is a geometric, humanist sans serif inspired by lettering on West Berlin street signs. Unlike most engineered lettering for signage, these letterforms are elegant and clear. Their monoline construction feels rational and unpretentious. Metric gently tempers the engineer’s geometric tendencies by applying typographic principles of optical correction. The resulting letterforms are contemporary and crisp. Metric was designed alongside Calibre. They share a fundamental geometry but differ in the finish of key letterforms.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Chester Jenkins
- Awards
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Silver2012
- Australian Design AGDA Award2012
- Release date
- 2011
- Current version
- 1.006
- Classification
- Modern: Lineal/Geometric/Humanist
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App
- OpenType features
- Ligaturesliga
- Tabular numeralstnum
- Fractionsfrac
- Capital formscase
- Glyph count
- 465 per Roman style465 per Italic style6,510 total
- Font styles
- 14
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning2,306 pairs per style
| Font name | File size |
|---|---|
| Metric Thin | 28kb |
| Metric Thin Italic | 29kb |
| Metric Light | 32kb |
| Metric Light Italic | 37kb |
| Metric Regular | 33kb |
| Metric Regular Italic | 33kb |
| Metric Medium | 32kb |
| Metric Medium Italic | 32kb |
| Metric Semibold | 36kb |
| Metric Semibold Italic | 32kb |
| Metric Bold | 38kb |
| Metric Bold Italic | 33kb |
| Metric Black | 36kb |
| Metric Black Italic | 31kb |