Industry: Design

Typeface Design for Almaq

Same weight, opposite moods

Almaq is a bold sans-serif family designed by Fabio Haag at Dalton Maag between 2011 and 2017. It comprises two stylistically distinct variants at the same weight: Refined, a conventional and approachable display style, and Rough, a degraded and askew counterpart. The family supports Latin script across more than 860 languages and includes OpenType features such as tabular and proportional numerals, fractions, ordinals, and case-sensitive forms.

Set in Almaq

Insights

Both Refined and Rough share identical weight; differentiation comes entirely from treatment — Refined is traditional and approachable, Rough is degraded and askew.
Latin-script coverage spans more than 860 languages.