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Bauhaus geometry softened for real text settings

Postea is a geometric sans-serif family by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione at TypeTogether, rooted in Bauhaus principles but reshaped for sustained reading in paragraphs and headings. It spans 14 styles across seven weights with upright and italic companions, two variable fonts, and five scripts: Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin including Vietnamese. A bundled icon family in three weights uses a colon-bracketed activation syntax via SS10 for wayfinding and interface use. Released in 2021; received a Clap Awards special mention.

Set in Postea

Insights

The Hairline weight uses tighter spacing for large headings and titles; regular weights carry slightly looser spacing for body text — a deliberate per-weight spacing strategy.
Deliberate variation in character widths injects life and distinctiveness into the family's personality.
Stylistic sets are segmented by function: SS01 and SS09 hold geometric symbols, arrows, and ornaments; SS02 and SS03 provide alternate letterforms; SS10 activates the icon system via camelCase colon-wrapped strings.