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Typeface Design for Objektiv

Nine writing systems, one geometric sans

Objektiv is a geometric sans typeface developed by Dalton Maag between 2015 and 2025, with eight named designers. It covers nine writing systems (including Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Latin Extension for Vietnamese, and Thai) across more than 930 languages. The family includes variable axes for weight and italic, three stylistic variants (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3), and OpenType features such as case-sensitive forms, tabular and Urdu numerals, fractions, and subscript and superscript.

Set in Objektiv

Insights

Three named stylistic variants—Mk1, Mk2, and Mk3—are offered within a single family rather than as separate releases.
Variable axes span both weight and italic, giving the family two independent axes of variation.
Urdu numerals appear as a discrete OpenType feature alongside standard tabular and proportional numeral sets.