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One family, two width philosophies

Adelle Mono is a 20-style monospaced type family designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione at TypeTogether, released in 2020. The family addresses the inherent tension between monospaced constraints and readability by offering a true monospaced variant (Mono) alongside a proportional variant (Flex). A variable font bridges the two with a spectrum axis between proportional and monospaced widths, plus a weight axis, giving designers and developers options within a single cohesive family.

Set in Adelle Mono

Insights

The family includes a custom variable axis that interpolates between monospaced and proportional character widths.
The design acknowledges that monospacing distorts naturally narrow glyphs (i, l) and compresses naturally wide ones (m, w), framing the design challenge explicitly around those compromises.
The Flex variant was conceived for contexts where monospace is an aesthetic signal rather than a technical requirement — branding, annual reports, UI, and editorial — without the alignment constraints.
Type design execution involved Irene Vlachou and Pooja Saxena alongside the lead designers, with dedicated engineering by Joancarles Casasín and QA by Azza Alameddine.