What is the Preface® font?

Preface vs. Helvetica/Futura/Gill: a different strategy of text color. Whereas the established classes of sans serif typeface achieve a dynamic balance between stroke and space by combining a diversity of letterform with an evenness of fit, Preface switches the emphasis, driving out diagonals to create a dominant harmony of curves and perpendiculars, matched with a greater variety of inter-character space shapes—the result of extra width introduced in the “f” and “t”, and by the openness that accompanies the wide tails of the “ a” and “l”, the long ear of the “r”, and the serif of the “i”. More… En masse, and in keeping with the present trend in typography, Preface exhibits a coarser texture than the traditional sans serif faces, but one that is nonetheless even and precise. With tabular, oldstyle figures.

Preface® Font families

The Preface® includes the following font families:

• Preface Thin
• Preface Thin Italic
• Preface Light
• Preface Light Italic
• Preface Book
• Preface Book Italic
• Preface Regular
• Preface Italic
• Preface Bold
• Preface Bold Italic
• Preface Black
• Preface Black Italic

Preface® Preview

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