Industry: Design

Type Design for Karmina Sans

Sans companion sharing the same basic proportions as its serif sibling

Karmina Sans is a sans-serif text family designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione at TypeTogether, released in 2009 across twelve styles including variable fonts. Built to pair with its serif counterpart Karmina, it shares the same basic proportions while offering greater versatility for editorial contexts. Intermediate weights target continuous reading in print and on screen; extreme weights serve headlines and corporate identity use.

Set in Karmina Sans

Insights

Calligraphic details from Karmina Serif were selectively removed: the kink on the 'a' bowl was smoothed, the 'e' counter enlarged, italic connection angles made shallower, and curved strokes on the italic 'z' straightened.
Multiple master technology used Light and Extrabold as interpolation poles; the Heavy weight was derived by extrapolation and subsequently hand-finished.
The family supports Latin A Extended and includes ligatures, small caps, five figure sets, a full fraction range, superior numbers, and ordinals.
The complete family has been optimised for varied screen uses.