Information
Söhne is the memory of Akzidenz-Grotesk framed through the reality of Helvetica. It captures the analogue materiality of “Standard Medium” used in Unimark’s legendary wayfinding system for the NYC Subway.
- Design
- Kris Sowersby
- Engineering
- Noe Blanco
- Collaborators
- Dave Foster
- Tim Kelleher
- DIA
- Awards
- Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, Book Selection2022
- Best Awards, Digital Campaigns, Bronze2020
- Best Awards, Design Craft, Gold Pin2020
- Red Dot Award, Best of the Best, Typography2020
- ADC 99th Annual Awards, Silver Cube2020
- Release date
- 2019
- Current version
- 1.117
- Classification
- Lineal: Grotesque Monospaced
- Font formats
- OTF DesktopWOFF2 WebTTF App
- OpenType features
- Contextual alternatescalt
- Alternate ass01
- Alternate gss02
- Slashed zerozero
- Fractionsfrac
- Superiorssups
- Inferiorssinf
- Ordinalsordn
- Capital formscase
- Glyph count
- 500 per Roman style500 per Italic style8,000 total
- Font styles
- 16
- Hinting
- Manual VTT hinting
- Kerning
- Manual kerning0 pairs per style
| Font name | File size |
|---|---|
| Söhne Mono Extraleicht | 24kb |
| Söhne Mono Extraleicht Kursiv | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Leicht | 24kb |
| Söhne Mono Leicht Kursiv | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Buch | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Buch Kursiv | 26kb |
| Söhne Mono Kräftig | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Kräftig Kursiv | 26kb |
| Söhne Mono Halbfett | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Halbfett Kursiv | 26kb |
| Söhne Mono Dreiviertelfett | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Dreiviertelfett Kursiv | 26kb |
| Söhne Mono Fett | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Fett Kursiv | 26kb |
| Söhne Mono Extrafett | 25kb |
| Söhne Mono Extrafett Kursiv | 26kb |