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Litmus

Indian Type Foundry · Satya Rajpurohit · 2018

sans-serifhumanist sans
Litmus specimen from Indian Type Foundry

A slightly condensed humanist sans from ITF co-founder Satya Rajpurohit, built for text use with a tall x-height, open counters and growing stroke contrast across five weights.

About

Litmus uses horizontal and vertical terminals rather than diagonal cuts, giving it a distinctive rhythm at text sizes. The Light weight is monolinear, but contrast increases progressively through to Bold, where it becomes quite pronounced. A double-storey 'a' and single-storey 'g' anchor the design in the humanist tradition, while ascenders that clear the cap height and slightly shortened numerals add vertical texture to running text.

Classification

A slightly condensed humanist sans serif with horizontal and vertical terminals rather than diagonal cuts, a tall x-height, and increasing stroke contrast from Light to Bold – characteristic of the humanist sans tradition.

Weights

LightRegularMediumSemiboldBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

humanistcondensedtextworkhorsecorporateprintwebspace-saving

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