What is the Air Superfamily™ font?

In B-movie awesomeness, Air began as Grotesk vs. Grotesque. I was trying to unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotes(que/k)s in order to make something different but familiar. I am NOT trying to reinvent Helvetica (snore), so get that out of your system. From the onset, I intended this typeface to be a true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user. At its core, it is the maturation of the Aaux Next skeleton I developed years ago. I worked out Aaux Next to settle my issues and love for Akzidenz. With Aaux Next, I strove to be mechanical, cold and unforgiving with it. I was single, young, cocky and it fit. Now I'm married, kids, dog and have found that I've turned into a big softy. When I look at Aaux Next (and have for the past few years) I see another typeface trying to eek out. I wanted it to avoid the trappings of robotic sans, quick tricks and compromises. The typeface’s DNA needed to be drawn and not just generated on a screen — so I set aside a year. More… I love type. I love working with type. I hate when my options for a slanted complement is only oblique or italic. I set out to produce both to balance usage — there are more than enough reasons to prepare both and I want the user to feel free to consciously choose (and have the option to choose) the appropriate typeface for print, web, etc. That flexibility was central to my decision-making process. The Oblique is immediate and aggressive. The Italic was redrawn at a less severe angle with far more movement and, as a result, is far more congenial when paired with the Uprights. Condensed and Compressed. Yep, why not? I know I would use them. There are nine weights currently available. The logical progression of weights and the intended flexibility demanded I explore a number of light weights and their potential uses — this has produced a number of ‘light without being too light’ options that really work based on the size. The result is a robust 81-font superfamily that is functional, professional, and highly legible without compromising its personality. Pair that with over 900 characters per font that includes ligatures, discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates, fractions, proportional/tabular lining and proportional/tabular oldstyle figures, numerators, denominators, ordinals, superiors, inferiors, small caps, case-sensitive functionality and extensive language support and you have a versatile superfamily well-suited for any project.

Air Superfamily™ Font families

The Air Superfamily™ includes the following font families:

• Air Thin
• Air Thin Italic
• Air Thin Oblique
• Air UltraLight
• Air UltraLight Italic
• Air UltraLight Oblique
• Air Light
• Air Light Italic
• Air Light Oblique
• Air
• Air Italic
• Air Oblique
• Air Medium
• Air Medium Italic
• Air Medium Oblique
• Air SemiBold
• Air SemiBold Italic
• Air SemiBold Oblique
• Air Bold
• Air Bold Italic
• Air Bold Oblique
• Air Heavy
• Air Heavy Italic
• Air Heavy Oblique
• Air Black
• Air Black Italic
• Air Black Oblique
• Air Compressed Thin
• Air Compressed Thin Italic
• Air Compressed Thin Oblique
• Air Compressed UltraLight
• Air Compressed UltraLight Italic
• Air Compressed UltraLight Oblique
• Air Compressed Light
• Air Compressed Light Italic
• Air Compressed Light Oblique
• Air Compressed Regular
• Air Compressed Italic
• Air Compressed Oblique
• Air Compressed Medium
• Air Compressed Medium Italic
• Air Compressed Medium Oblique
• Air Compressed SemiBold
• Air Compressed SemiBold Italic
• Air Compressed SemiBold Oblique
• Air Compressed Bold
• Air Compressed Bold Italic
• Air Compressed Bold Oblique
• Air Compressed Heavy
• Air Compressed Heavy Italic
• Air Compressed Heavy Oblique
• Air Compressed Black
• Air Compressed Black Italic
• Air Compressed Black Oblique
• Air Condensed Thin
• Air Condensed Thin Italic
• Air Condensed Thin Oblique
• Air Condensed UltraLight
• Air Condensed UltraLight Italic
• Air Condensed UltraLight Oblique
• Air Condensed Light
• Air Condensed Light Italic
• Air Condensed Light Oblique
• Air Condensed Regular
• Air Condensed Italic
• Air Condensed Oblique
• Air Condensed Medium
• Air Condensed Medium Italic
• Air Condensed Medium Oblique
• Air Condensed SemiBold
• Air Condensed SemiBold Italic
• Air Condensed SemiBold Oblique
• Air Condensed Bold
• Air Condensed Bold Italic
• Air Condensed Bold Oblique
• Air Condensed Heavy
• Air Condensed Heavy Italic
• Air Condensed Heavy Oblique
• Air Condensed Black
• Air Condensed Black Italic
• Air Condensed Black Oblique

Air Superfamily™ Preview

Here is a preview of how Air Superfamily™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.