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Akazan

by Typodermic
Individual Styles from $69.95 USD
Complete family of 8 fonts: $169.95 USD
The Akazan Font Family was designed by Ray Larabie and published by Typodermic. Akazan contains 8 styles and family package options.

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Akazan isn’t here to charm you. It’s here to work. Born from the discipline of technical sans-serifs but quietly defiant in its details, Akazan delivers the condensed efficiency of an industrial workhorse with a faint, almost imperceptible irregularity that keeps it human.

Its narrow stance is made for environments where space is a premium—control panels, data-heavy layouts, compact branding systems—yet it refuses to fade into the background. Stroke modulation adds a subtle, old-world echo, a reminder that precision doesn’t have to mean personality-free. With weights from Extra-Light to Bold, each with its italic counterpart, Akazan adapts to both functional labeling and commanding headlines. It thrives in contexts where you want authority without cold uniformity: military and aerospace design, maritime navigation, factory signage, or technology branding with a utilitarian backbone.

Akazan is the font for those who notice when DIN feels too sterile or Eurostile too predictable. It’s engineered for clarity, but it rewards close inspection with idiosyncrasies that resist the generic. Use it where accuracy matters—but where a hint of imperfection makes the design more believable, more alive.

Designers: Ray Larabie

Publisher: Typodermic

Foundry: Typodermic

Design Owner: Typodermic

MyFonts debut: Mar 20, 2007

Akazan

About Typodermic

Welcome to Typodermic Fonts, a spirited type foundry rooted in Nagoya, Japan, started by the Canadian typeface designer, Raymond Larabie in 2001. Our library brims with 500+ diverse typefaces to fuel creativity in graphic design, advertising, web, and app development. As digital type pioneers, we adopted web fonts and app licensing early, consistently pushing the design envelope. With Canadian heart and Japanese precision, we're your global partners in extraordinary typography. Explore Typodermic Fonts—where creativity meets character.

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