Two fonts in one: stylistic alternates give Faber Sans a completely different ”look.“
Faber Sans is a sans serif in the classic-modern style of type creations of the early 20th century — godfathered by Futura from Paul Renner and Gill Sans from Eric Gill. And so a font with pleasant rhythmic proportions was created and is extremely comfortable to read, especially in large amounts of text; but, it is also reader-friendly under adverse typographic conditions on the monitor.
A terse character is the f, having a shortened ascender and managing without the usual sweeping bow in reading order.
The determining element in the appearance of Faber Sans is seen in the wide round forms of b c d e o p q and C D G O Q , and this formal characteristic is even more emphasized with the use of the round a and g of the stylistic alternates. Contrast to the soft round forms is provided by the points of all characters derived from the triangle: v w z, and especially the capitals A M N V W Z .
A ”second“ typeface with its own personal character resulted as stylistic alternates were designed for the letters a f g l t u in accordance with the uncial scripts of the late antiquity or rather the early Middle Ages. And the r is given a playful point in the stylistic alternates.
Unlike classic sans serifs, Faber Sans includes a ”true“ italic. The italic characters are not simply just slanted variations of the upright, but the characters originated out of handwriting styles; they are rounder and the stroke flow is more fluent than on the upright letters. Some italic letters truly have their very own design which clearly comes from handwriting, particularly noticeable on a and g.
Several OpenType-Features are included in Faber Sans, which can be turned on and off as required:
Stylistic Alternates: replaces the letters a, f, g, l, r by the alternate glyph, also in ligatures.
Ligatures: replaces the letter combinations fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, ft, tt, Th with the corresponding ligature.
Discretionary Ligatures: replaces ch, ck, mm with the appropriate ligature and SS with capital-ß.
Tabular Figures: replaces proportional standard figures with tabular non-proportional figures.
Medieval Figures: replaces standard figures with medieval figures, which have ascenders and descenders like the lowercase letters.
Fractions: replaces the glyph combinations 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 etc. with the according fractions.
Slashed Zero: replaces the normal »open« 0 with a slashed zero.
Small Caps: replaces uppercase letters with small capitals at the optical height of x.
Historical Forms: replaces s with „long s“.
Stylistic Set 1: replaces the numbers 1 through 20 with circled numbers.
Stylistic Set 2: replaces the standard figures 1 through 20 with negative circled numbers.
Stylistic Set 3: replaces the »two-story« a with the »round« alternate.
Stylistic Set 4: replaces the »two-story« g with the »round« alternate.
Stylistic Set 5: replaces the »standard« f with the alternate glyph.
Stylistic Set 6: replaces the »straight« l with the alternate form »with a hook«.
Stylistic Set 7: replaces the »standard« r with the playful »dotted« alternate.
Stylistic Set 6: replaces the u with downstoke with the symmetrical alternate.
File Size: 8.4 MB
Release date: September 13, 2021
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