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A humanist sans built for running text, not just display
Brioni Sans is a humanist sans serif released by Typotheque in 2010, designed by Nikola Djurek (Latin), Alexander Tarbeev (Cyrillic), and Peter Bilak (Greek). Conceived as a companion to the serif typeface Brioni, it shares classical proportions and subtle stroke modulation intended to make it viable for extended reading contexts such as books and magazines. Each weight ships with eight numeral variants—including proportional old-style, lining, tabular, superior, inferior, circled, and circled inverted—with licensees able to select their preferred default variant inside the font files.
Set in Brioni Sans
Insights
- The design prioritises counter-shapes in relation to outer letter forms, aiming for rhythmic stem intervals that support continuous reading (foundry claim, not independently verified).
- Script responsibilities were divided by specialist: Djurek handled Latin, Tarbeev Cyrillic, and Bilak Greek; Igino Marini is credited as contributor across all three scripts.
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