Metallophile Sp8
Mark Simonson · Mark Simonson · 2003
sans-serifhot metal geometric sans facsimileitalic
A facsimile of 8-point hot metal type, capturing the warmth of point-size-specific metal casting in a Futura-like geometric sans.
About
Metallophile Sp8 reproduces how a geometric sans face, close kin to Futura, actually looked when cast at 8 points on a hot metal typesetting machine. Because metal faces were cut for specific sizes rather than scaled from one master, they carried a warmth modern digital fonts usually iron out, which this facsimile deliberately keeps.
Classification
A facsimile of an 8-point hot metal geometric sans, kept sans-serif given its Futura-adjacent construction despite its unusual production story.
Weights
LightMedium
Languages
Latin Extended
Tags
geometrichot-metaltextwarmfutura-adjacent