Homie
Contrast that shifts with weight
Homie is a humanist sans-serif family by Ethan Nakache, released in 2023, rooted in 20th-century French humanist type but developed into a personal geometric-humanist hybrid. The family spans 18 styles including italics and a variable file. A key structural decision governs how contrast behaves across weights: lighter cuts maintain low counter contrast for text legibility, while heavier weights introduce higher contrast suited to display use.
Set in Homie
Insights
- Geometric features are deliberately suppressed in bolder weights to give letterforms the spatial room they need at large sizes.
- The family ships as TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, and a variable file, covering Latin European languages.
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