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Ordinary

Positype · Neil Summerour · 2022

sans-serifcontemporary humanist sansitalic
Ordinary specimen from Positype

A 16-style sans-serif by Neil Summerour spanning eight weights with matching italics, designed in 2022 as a contemporary alternative to mid-century typographic conventions.

About

Ordinary covers eight weights from Thin to Ultra, each with an italic companion, and supports 334 languages across the Latin script. OpenType features include small caps, oldstyle and tabular numerals, fractions, ordinals, superscripts and stylistic alternates for a, g and y. The design positions itself as a typographic reflection of the present decade rather than a continuation of older sans-serif lineages.

Classification

A contemporary sans-serif with humanist qualities, positioned as a forward-looking typeface for the current era rather than a revival of mid-century grotesque traditions.

Weights

ThinLightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldBlackUltra

Languages

Latin

Tags

sans-serifhumanistcontemporarytextworkhorsefunctionaleditorialmultilingual

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