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Massilia JP

Blaze Type · Matthieu Salvaggio, Caio Kondo · 2026

sans-serifhumanist sans
Massilia JP specimen from Blaze Type

A Latin and Japanese Kana extension of the Apoc family, offering seven weights as a variable font with support for both horizontal and vertical writing systems.

About

Massilia JP brings the brush-inflected humanist character of the Massilia family to Japanese Hiragana and Katakana, alongside broad Latin European, Cyrillic, Greek, Georgian and Arabic coverage. The design, credited to Matthieu Salvaggio and Caio Kondo, draws on Roger Excoffon's Marseille-rooted aesthetic, balancing calligraphic softness with geometric terminals. All seven weights are delivered as a variable font, accommodating display settings as well as extended text use.

Classification

A humanist sans with brush-like stroke qualities and geometric terminals, drawing from Roger Excoffon's tradition. The design balances calligraphic warmth with clean geometric structure across both Latin and Japanese Kana scripts.

Weights

ExtralightLightRegularMediumBoldExtraboldBlack

Languages

LatinCyrillicGreekGeorgianJapaneseArabic

Tags

humanistjapanesekanavariablemultilingualbrushgeometricexcoffon

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