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 1.0
Language Support
Extended Latin character set, supporting 300+ languages across Europe, the Americas and Vietnam
PDFs

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

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
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!

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Size
Optical Size8
Weight700
Italic0.00
Designed & Built in Brooklyn, NY
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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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West Fourth St – Washington Square
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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum
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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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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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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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West Fourth St – Washington Square
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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum
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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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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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West Fourth St – Washington Square
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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum
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47th–50th Sts – Rockefeller Center
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81st St – Museum of Natural History
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Eighth St – New York University
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Christopher St – Sheridan Square
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Flatbush Av – Brooklyn College
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116th St – Columbia University
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Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway
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Atlantic Av – Barclays Center
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Central Park North – 110th St
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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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