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Poseidon Sans

Commercial Type · Christian Schwartz

sans-seriftypewriter-inspired
Poseidon Sans specimen from Commercial Type

A proportional sans drawn loosely from 20th-century typewriter letterforms, originally created as a custom commission for art director Darhil Crooks at The Atlantic.

About

Poseidon Sans belongs to Commercial Type's Vault, a collection of previously unreleased or custom typefaces drawn by Christian Schwartz. Intentionally proportional yet retaining some of the awkward, mechanical quality of typewriter type, it occupies an unusual position between workhorse and personality-driven editorial face. Character sets may be limited, so licensing requires careful checking before use.

Classification

A proportional sans-serif loosely inspired by 20th-century typewriter typefaces, retaining some of the awkward, mechanical character of monospaced type while remaining proportionally spaced.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

typewriterproportionaleditorialcustommagazinevaultmechanicalawkward

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