Typeface Design for Gustine
Geometric rigour softened by expressive stroke endings
Gustine is a geometric sans-serif type family designed by Natalie Rauch and released by TypeMates in 2025. It combines wide proportions, sharp terminals, high contrast, and open counters, aiming to balance confidence with approachability across screen and signage contexts. The family ships in seven weights as a variable font, with over 580 glyphs per style and Latin coverage for up to 200 languages.
Set in Gustine
Insights
- Specific letterforms—C, G, p, a—carry rounded curves so the family never feels distant, while g, l, f, and y use sweeping stroke endings; the source describes the result as calm but never bland.
- Two stylistic alternates (double-storey a via SS02, double-storey g via SS03) extend typographic flexibility beyond the default single-storey forms.
- The Q and alternate g serve as deliberate design bridges to the companion display family Gustine Vaganza, which takes the same core concept in a more playful direction.
- The OpenType feature set includes a Smart Typography stylistic set (SS20) alongside tabular/proportional figure switching, ligatures, and case-sensitive punctuation.
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