TLDR Tech / Design
Displaay's first text typeface, Post, spans 4 families and 56 styles
A designer set out to explore whether the traditional distinction between text typefaces and typewriter fonts still makes sense in the digital age. The project was inspired by a degraded, scanned version of Courier that remained surprisingly legible, leading to extensive research into which parts of letterforms readers rely on most for recognition. The resulting type system emphasizes the key features that make characters instantly identifiable while reducing less important visual details, with readability taking priority over aesthetics throughout development. Drawing on influences from 20th-century Czechoslovak type design and other historical sources, the final release includes multiple font families, weights, styles, and variable axes, creating a highly flexible typeface that bridges the gap between traditional text and typewriter-inspired design.
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