Typeface Design for the Magnet Font Family
Two formally distinct design branches under one family
Magnet is a type family designed by Inga Plönnigs with contributions from Nina Stössinger, published by Frere-Jones Type. It comprises two branches: a Compressed Headline design and a Standard design. The Headline branch includes slanted and backslanted variants; the Standard design is characterised by notches and boxy curves.
Set in Magnet
Insights
- The family separates display and text needs into two formally distinct sub-designs rather than a unified continuum.
- Providing both slanted and backslanted options in the Headline branch gives typographers bidirectional expressive choices.
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