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Absolution

Helsinki Type Studio · Niklas Ekholm · 2011

displaypseudorandom sans
Absolution specimen from Helsinki Type Studio

A single-style display sans that swaps in alternate glyphs as you type, so no two letters land the same way twice.

About

Absolution runs on contextual alternates: type a word and the letters shuffle through variants, which keeps repeated characters from looking stamped. The forms are loose and slightly off-square, closer to lettering than to a text sans. It sells as one style with a full set of OpenType alternates behind it.

Classification

Sold as a single style whose glyphs rotate through alternates as you type, so the same letter rarely repeats. The drawing is a loose, slightly wobbling sans, and the contextual alternates rather than the skeleton are the point, which puts it in display.

Weights

Contextual

Languages

Latin

Tags

displaycontextual alternatesirregularexperimentalhand-drawnsingle weight

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