A modern interpretation of the tile mosaic name tablets of the New York City subway. The architects and craftworkers who designed & laid these tiles used a letter construction that was part geometric and part grotesque, with typographic optical corrections often either exaggerated or totally missing. Name Sans interprets these ideas into an extensive type system that is at once anonymous and full of personality, useful for everything from branding to wayfinding to digital interfaces.

Name Sans began as a series of sketches in notebooks, drawn during daily commutes in New York, and was subsequently formalized into a typeface over the course of about 4 years. The original mosaic letterforms vary from station to station, but this project harmonizes the sometimes divergent ideas into a useful, extensive type system.

Stylistic Range
Optical Size: 12pt–72pt(+)
Weight: 1–1000
Upright–Italic

Basic Info
For Branding, UI, Wayfinding, & More
Fonts: 1 Variable / 72 Static
Version 1.0 🎉

Language Support
Extended Latin character set, supporting 300+ languages across Europe, the Americas and Vietnam

PDFs
Name Sans v1 - Specimen Name Sans v1 - How to Use

Styles

Display Ultra Display Ultra Italic Display Black Display Black Italic Display ExtraBold Display ExtraBold Italic Display Bold Display Bold Italic Display SemiBold Display SemiBold Italic Display Medium Display Medium Italic Display Regular Display Italic Display Light Display Light Italic Display ExtraLight Display ExtraLight Italic Display Thin Display Thin Italic Display ExtraThin Display ExtraThin Italic Display Hairline Display Hairline Italic

Standard Ultra Standard Ultra Italic Standard Black Standard Black Italic Standard ExtraBold Standard ExtraBold Italic Standard Bold Standard Bold Italic Standard SemiBold Standard SemiBold Italic Standard Medium Standard Medium Italic Standard Regular Standard Italic Standard Light Standard Light Italic Standard ExtraLight Standard ExtraLight Italic Standard Thin Standard Thin Italic Standard ExtraThin Standard ExtraThin Italic Standard Hairline Standard Hairline Italic

Text Ultra Text Ultra Italic Text Black Text Black Italic Text ExtraBold Text ExtraBold Italic Text Bold Text Bold Italic Text SemiBold Text SemiBold Italic Text Medium Text Medium Italic Text Regular Text Italic Text Light Text Light Italic Text ExtraLight Text ExtraLight Italic Text Thin Text Thin Italic Text ExtraThin Text ExtraThin Italic Text Hairline Text Hairline Italic

Design highlights

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AT Name Sans Variable

Custom

Size

Optical Size8

Weight700

Italic0.00

Designed & Built in Brooklyn, NY

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Ultra

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Broadway – Lafayette St

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Hoyt–Schermerhorn Sts

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68th St – Hunter College

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Clinton–Washington Avs

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Sutter Av – Rutland Road

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163rd St – Amsterdam Av

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Whitehall St – South Ferry

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Crown Heights – Utica Av

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Coney Island – Stillwell Av

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59th St – Columbus Circle

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Bushwick Av – Aberdeen St

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Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall

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Central Park North – 110th St

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Fulton–Bergen St, Eighth Av

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Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway

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Atlantic Av – Barclays Center

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Flatbush Av – Brooklyn College

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116th St – Columbia University

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Eighth St – New York University

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Christopher St – Sheridan Square

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47th–50th Sts – Rockefeller Center

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81st St – Museum of Natural History

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Hairline

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West Fourth St – Washington Square

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Hairline Italic

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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum

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Ultra

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Broadway – Lafayette St

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Ultra Italic

Size

Hoyt–Schermerhorn Sts

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Black

Size

68th St – Hunter College

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Black Italic

Size

Clinton–Washington Avs

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ExtraBold

Size

Sutter Av – Rutland Road

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ExtraBold Italic

Size

163rd St – Amsterdam Av

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Bold

Size

Whitehall St – South Ferry

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Bold Italic

Size

Crown Heights – Utica Av

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SemiBold

Size

Coney Island – Stillwell Av

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SemiBold Italic

Size

59th St – Columbus Circle

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Medium

Size

Bushwick Av – Aberdeen St

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Medium Italic

Size

Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall

AT Name Sans Standard

Regular

Size

Central Park North – 110th St

AT Name Sans Standard

Italic

Size

Fulton–Bergen St, Eighth Av

AT Name Sans Standard

Light

Size

Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway

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Light Italic

Size

Atlantic Av – Barclays Center

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ExtraLight

Size

Flatbush Av – Brooklyn College

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ExtraLight Italic

Size

116th St – Columbia University

AT Name Sans Standard

Thin

Size

Eighth St – New York University

AT Name Sans Standard

Thin Italic

Size

Christopher St – Sheridan Square

AT Name Sans Standard

ExtraThin

Size

47th–50th Sts – Rockefeller Center

AT Name Sans Standard

ExtraThin Italic

Size

81st St – Museum of Natural History

AT Name Sans Standard

Hairline

Size

West Fourth St – Washington Square

AT Name Sans Standard

Hairline Italic

Size

Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum

AT Name Sans Text

Ultra

Size

Broadway – Lafayette St

AT Name Sans Text

Ultra Italic

Size

Hoyt–Schermerhorn Sts

AT Name Sans Text

Black

Size

68th St – Hunter College

AT Name Sans Text

Black Italic

Size

Clinton–Washington Avs

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraBold

Size

Sutter Av – Rutland Road

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraBold Italic

Size

163rd St – Amsterdam Av

AT Name Sans Text

Bold

Size

Whitehall St – South Ferry

AT Name Sans Text

Bold Italic

Size

Crown Heights – Utica Av

AT Name Sans Text

SemiBold

Size

Coney Island – Stillwell Av

AT Name Sans Text

SemiBold Italic

Size

59th St – Columbus Circle

AT Name Sans Text

Medium

Size

Bushwick Av – Aberdeen St

AT Name Sans Text

Medium Italic

Size

Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall

AT Name Sans Text

Hairline

Size

West Fourth St – Washington Square

AT Name Sans Text

Hairline Italic

Size

Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraThin

Size

47th–50th Sts – Rockefeller Center

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraThin Italic

Size

81st St – Museum of Natural History

AT Name Sans Text

Thin

Size

Eighth St – New York University

AT Name Sans Text

Thin Italic

Size

Christopher St – Sheridan Square

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraLight

Size

Flatbush Av – Brooklyn College

AT Name Sans Text

ExtraLight Italic

Size

116th St – Columbia University

AT Name Sans Text

Light

Size

Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway

AT Name Sans Text

Light Italic

Size

Atlantic Av – Barclays Center

AT Name Sans Text

Regular

Size

Central Park North – 110th St

AT Name Sans Text

Italic

Size

Fulton–Bergen St, Eighth Av

Supports 317 Languages

Extended Latin character set, supporting 317 languages across Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Vietnam (as determined by hyperglot)

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Serif Uppercase 'I'

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Simplified Lowercase 'l'

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High-legibility '6' & '9'

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