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TT Mussels

TypeType · Vika Usmanova, Ivan Gladkikh · 2017

sans-serifoctagonal grotesqueitalic
TT Mussels specimen from TypeType

An octagonal sans-serif family in 36 styles, pairing technological cut corners with dynamic stroke contrast drawn from classical antiqua tradition, plus a companion stencil subfamily.

About

TT Mussels descends from the Bender and TT Squares lineage but distinguishes itself through genuine text-setting ambition: stroke contrast shifts from a near two-to-one ratio in Black to near-even in Thin, with optical compensators at letter joints that fade as weight decreases. A full stencil version of 18 styles accompanies the standard family, with incision placement adjusted per weight. OpenType support covers stylistic alternates, old-style figures, fractions, ligatures and case-sensitive forms, with coverage for over 160 languages across Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

Classification

An octagonal sans-serif with technological character, incorporating dynamic stroke contrast and pen-movement traces borrowed from antiqua tradition. The stencil subfamily and cut corners place it firmly in the geometric-technical grotesque lineage.

Weights

ThinExtraLightLightRegularMediumBoldExtraBoldBlack

Family

TT Mussels Stencil

Languages

LatinCyrillic

Tags

octagonalgeometricstenciltechnologicalcyrillictextfuturisticgrotesque

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