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Fautive

18 flamboyant styles built from a Perrin-influenced starting point

Fautive is an expressive serif family designed by Fred Wiltshire, released in 2022. Rooted in the work of Louis Perrin, it developed into a sharp, playful typeface across 18 styles with exaggerated personality. The family covers Latin European, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts, and includes ligatures, alternates, modular ornaments, illustrations, and a snake.

Set in Fautive

Insights

Lighter cuts exaggerate decorative movement while bolder weights suppress it, creating contrasting behavior across the weight range.
Italics retain the playful character of the uprights while introducing additional calligraphic features.
The regular weight performs well for extended text, widening the family's range beyond pure display use.
Export formats include TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, and variable font files.