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Kosetsu

by Signal
Individual Styles from $30.00 USD
Complete family of 4 fonts: $50.00 USD
The Kosetsu Font Family was designed by Max Phillips and published by Signal. Kosetsu contains 4 styles and family package options.

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Kosetsu Complete Family

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About the family


Kōsetsu is an exercise in restraint, a grid-based all-caps modular typeface assembled from a single isosceles right triangle. Its blocky, angular forms reference both broad-nibbed calligraphy and 8-bit video games. Letters vary in height, creating a syncopated rhythm which users can control with a set of alternates. It was originally made for a checkers-style board game in which triangles represent mountains and players dodge avalanches; Kōsetsu is Japanese for ‘snowfall.’ Available in four styles—Solid, Outline, Incised, and Grid—each of them derived from the letterforms’ underlying grid structure. Designed by Archie Heaslip.

Designers: Max Phillips

Publisher: Signal

Foundry: Signal

Design Owner: Signal

MyFonts debut: Dec 5, 2025

Kosetsu

About Signal

Signal is a Dublin-based type foundry and drawing office run by by Max Phillips and offering 20 years of letter-making experience informed by 30 years of branding experience. We are dedicated to clarity of form, fitness for purpose, and the highest standards of craft. Our work has been recognised by, among others, the Type Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts, Graphis, and the ISTD.

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