Proximity

A pixel-grid typeface rooted in live-music collaboration

Proximity began as a custom italic for PROXIMA, a Barcelona-based creative studio for live music direction and production, before expanding into a type system of seven families. Its conceptual core is a pixel grid representing individual elements that unite into larger structures—mirroring PROXIMA's collaborative ethos. The system spans pixel, line-based, fluid, and outlined styles, all built on the skeleton of a refined serif. Three weights with matching italics are available in static and variable formats, each with an adjustable pixel-size axis suited to animation.

Set in Proximity

Insights

The design originated as a single custom italic commission and was later developed into a broader type system of seven subfamilies.
Each cut includes an adjustable pixel-size parameter, enabling precise control and animation potential.
The pixel modular approach is deliberately reconciled with classical serif construction to avoid conventional 8-bit clichés.
Both static and variable formats are offered, with coverage of Latin European languages.