Common Sans has its origins in the Caslon Two Lines Egyptian (c:a 1816), which only has capital letterforms. Edward Johnston’s 1913 typeface for the London Underground was a key to designing a lowercase set. The Toronto subway typeface (c:a 1954) – an American Futura clone – was the other inspiration.
Certain letters deviated from their strict ancestors, borrowing shapes from my own handwriting.
It is a clear, iconic typeface in one weight. Future releases include light, bold and respective true italic fonts. Aimed at headings and larger sizes, but also suitable for website and app body text.
File Size: 19.9 MB
Release date: September 28, 2021
You can use this font for:
- Design projects: create images or vector artwork, including logos
- Website publishing: create a Web Project to add any font from our service to your website
- PDFs: embed fonts in PDFs for viewing and printing
- Video and broadcast: use fonts to create in-house or commercial video content and more
- The fonts are designed to work on MacOS (Apple) and Windows (Microsoft)
Download nowDesigner: Frans Swahn
