Industry: Design

Delegate

Functionalism as both purpose and aesthetic

Delegate is a sans serif type family by Shiva Nallaperumal, rooted in his interest in Bell Gothic and anonymous functional grotesques. Truncated terminals keep apertures open; angled ascenders distinguish capital I from lowercase l without serifs; stroke contrast maintains open counterforms; and eccentric numeral forms differentiate commonly confused digits: 3, 8, 6, and 9. The family includes a companion Mono variant.

Set in Delegate, Delegate Mono

Insights

Angled ascenders resolve the I/l ambiguity without introducing serifs, preserving the sans-serif genre.
Eccentric numeral design specifically targets common digit confusion pairs: 3/8 and 6/9.
Truncated terminals and stroke contrast work together to maintain open apertures and counterforms.