Plural is a contemporary, futuristic sans serif that is eminently readable on-screen and in print. It appears to be monolinear due to its hybrid geometric and humanist construction, but actually swells slightly at the curves and tapers slightly at the terminals for pronounced readability. It features a full Central and Eastern European character set and is offered in five weights: light, regular, medium, semibold and bold. These are offset by matching italic cuts of each weight to give designers more variation. More…

The typeface also includes five weights of a retro-futuristic display face called Plural Display that bring in more idiosyncratic characters for display setting- a NASA-inspired space age “A”, a decorative "double-V" treatment for the “W”, a flared “M” and a whole lot more. Italic versions of Plural Display are also featured.

The entire family was given rigorous testing using Craig Mod’s Bibliotype html-based book layout system for on-screen rendering checks and innumerable print proofs using actual text (not Greek) in InDesign.

Plural works well as display type, as well as text type both in print and on-screen. The twenty-member family is bound to be of continual use.

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- What was the inspiration for designing the font?
I have been doing a bunch of graphic design work for NASA as of late and it has inspired me to create custom type that I might use in their projects.

- What are its main characteristics and features?
Plural is thin and upright, even in the bolder weights, this stern appearance is balanced by terminals with rounded corners. It feels friendly and futuristic. The display cuts of the typeface include idiosyncratic characters for display setting- a NASA-inspired space age “A”, a decorative "double-V" treatment for the “W” and a flared "M.

- Usage recommendations:
Plural is designed for readability on-screen and in print. It is suitable on the web for @font-face CSS application, in e-books as a text face (and has all of the nuanced characters needed to make a great book face) and in print from books to billboards.