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Quair

Quair™

by Alias
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Complete family of 16 fonts: $280.00
Quair Font Family was designed by Gareth Hague and published by Alias. Quair contains 48 styles and family package options.

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Quair Complete Package

16 fonts

Best Value!

  • Quair Round Regular Quair Round Regular

  • Quair Round Italic Quair Round Italic

  • Quair Round Bold Quair Round Bold

  • Quair Round Bold Italic Quair Round Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Regular Quair Triangle Regular

  • Quair Triangle Italic Quair Triangle Italic

  • Quair Triangle Bold Quair Triangle Bold

  • Quair Triangle Bold Italic Quair Triangle Bold Italic

  • Quair Round Headline Regular Quair Round Headline Regular

  • Quair Round Headline Italic Quair Round Headline Italic

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Quair Round Headline Bold

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Italic Quair Round Headline Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Regular Quair Triangle Headline Regular

  • Quair Triangle Headline Italic Quair Triangle Headline Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Quair Triangle Headline Bold

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic

Per style:

$17.50

Pack of 16 styles:

$280.00

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  • Quair Round Headline Regular Quair Round Headline Regular

  • Quair Round Headline Italic Quair Round Headline Italic

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Quair Round Headline Bold

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Italic Quair Round Headline Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Regular Quair Triangle Headline Regular

  • Quair Triangle Headline Italic Quair Triangle Headline Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Quair Triangle Headline Bold

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic

Per style:

$21.25

Pack of 8 styles:

$170.00

  • Quair Round Regular Quair Round Regular

  • Quair Round Italic Quair Round Italic

  • Quair Round Bold Quair Round Bold

  • Quair Round Bold Italic Quair Round Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Regular Quair Triangle Regular

  • Quair Triangle Italic Quair Triangle Italic

  • Quair Triangle Bold Quair Triangle Bold

  • Quair Triangle Bold Italic Quair Triangle Bold Italic

Per style:

$21.25

Pack of 8 styles:

$170.00

  • Quair Round Regular Quair Round Regular

  • Quair Triangle Regular Quair Triangle Regular

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Italic Quair Round Italic

  • Quair Triangle Italic Quair Triangle Italic

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Headline Regular Quair Round Headline Regular

  • Quair Triangle Headline Regular Quair Triangle Headline Regular

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Headline Italic Quair Round Headline Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Italic Quair Triangle Headline Italic

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Quair Round Headline Bold

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Quair Triangle Headline Bold

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Headline Bold Italic Quair Round Headline Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic Quair Triangle Headline Bold Italic

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Bold Quair Round Bold

  • Quair Triangle Bold Quair Triangle Bold

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

  • Quair Round Bold Italic Quair Round Bold Italic

  • Quair Triangle Bold Italic Quair Triangle Bold Italic

Per style:

$30.00

Pack of 2 styles:

$60.00

About Quair Font Family


The typeface that became Quair was originally planned as an extension of our Oban typeface. As it developed it became different enough to be a stand-alone, but connected typeface. Quair mixes typographic and graphic reference points, most notably from market-stall trader lettering and from Thorowgood and Scotch nineteenth-century typefaces. Quair isn’t an updating or redrawing of these. It adds different ideas to make a distinctive, separate-looking typeface. The lettering by Market stall traders to advertise their products has immediacy and economy, but is expressive and surprising. Letter shapes that look drawn but have a feeling of being written in quite a simple, unfussy way. Shapes are big, decorative but unrefined, Quair’s lettershapes have this idea of being reduced. They are minimal, in that they lack subtlety, but are characterful and individual. Round and Triangle serif options highlight this idea of the letters as graphic shapes, and offer a difference in emphasis between curvy and angular. Like Oban, Quair takes inspiration from the Thorowgood, nineteenth century headline typefaces. These have striking and idiosyncratic drawing, with exuberent, bold letter shapes. As with the market trader lettering their character and individuality is expressed through an economy of drawing, and the impact of the high contrast between thick and thin. Quair’s character shapes have something of the sparse, rigorous quality of Scotch typefaces. Scotch typefaces are known for their utility aesthetic. Quair has something of this, but typographic nuance has been reduced with a simplified, graphic shape. Modulation has been replaced with binary thick/thin. An angular, basic and inelegant look, but functional and useable.

Designers: Gareth Hague

Publisher: Alias

Foundry: Alias

Design Owner: Alias

MyFonts debut: May 23, 2018

Quair™ is a trademark of Alias.

About Alias

Alias was formed in 1996 by Gareth Hague and David James initially to develop into typefaces the bespoke lettering designs produced for their record cover and book projects. As well as typeface design, Alias has produced logotype designs for clients including Ghost, L.K.Bennett, MCQ, Jennifer Lopez for Kohl's, Lane Crawford, Calvin Klein Beauty fragrance and Prada Candy fragrance. For Prada Candy this included the development of the Prada logo into a full typeface. Typeface designs include headline typefaces for the 2012 Olympic Games and Sunday Times Magazine, and typeface and layout design for Another and Another Man magazines. Alias also works with design agencies and advertising agencies on typefaces for corporate clients and advertising campaigns. Graphic design includes music and arts related projects and book design for clients including Phaidon, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Tate Modern. 

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