Name Sans is a modern interpretation of the tile mosaic name tablets of the New York City subway. The architects and craftworkers who designed and 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.

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

Read more: The Story of Name Sans →

Stylistic Range
Optical Size: 12pt–72pt(+)
Weight: 1–1000
Upright–Italic
Basic Info
For Branding, UI, Wayfinding, & More
Fonts: 1 Variable / 72 Static
Version 1.1
Language Support
Extended Latin character set, supporting 300+ languages across Europe, the Americas and Vietnam
PDF Specimen

Styles

Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa
Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa
Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa

Design highlights

Shallow curves flattened
Shallow curves flattened
Semi-sharp vertices
Semi-sharp vertices
Sharpened notches
Sharpened notches
Alt “rectangular” caps
Alt “rectangular” caps
Alts galore!
Alts galore!
Massive weight range
Massive weight range
Thoughtful optical sizing
Thoughtful optical sizing
Finely crafted Italics
Finely crafted Italics
Size-specific kerning
Size-specific kerning
Playful “underbite”
Playful “underbite”
Geometric + grotesque
Geometric + grotesque
Symmetrical interiors
Symmetrical interiors

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Size
Optical Size12
Weight1
Italic0.00
Name Sans is variable – try it!
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Hoyt – Schermerhorn Sts
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Broadway – Lafayette St
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Clinton – Washington Avs
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68th St – Hunter College
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163rd St – Amsterdam Av
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Sutter Av – Rutland Road
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Crown Heights – Utica Av
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Whitehall St – South Ferry
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59th St – Columbus Circle
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Coney Island – Stillwell Av
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Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall
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Coney Island – Stillwell 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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