Variable Typeface for Pangram Pangram
One typeface, nine personalities
PP Altera is a variable type system from Pangram Pangram comprising 9 sub-families and 72 styles unified by a shared metric structure. It spans Sans to Serif and ranges from restrained to expressive within a single typeface. Three variable axes enable fluid transitions across styles that would typically require separate families.
Set in PP Altera
Insights
- A shared metric structure runs across all 9 families, keeping the system coherent while visual voice shifts dramatically between sub-families.
- Three variable axes allow interpolation between styles, enabling combinations outside conventional type family boundaries.
- The name carries echoes of Latin 'alter' (other/another), framing stylistic plurality as central to the typeface's concept.
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