Typeface Family for Print and Web
Asymmetrical serifs engineered for reading direction
Lumin is a slab serif typeface designed by Nikola Djurek and released by Typotheque in 2013. Its unbracketed, asymmetrical serifs are structured to reinforce the rightward flow of reading, while a large x-height and open counters support legibility across varied print and screen conditions. The family extends to sans-serif, condensed, and display subfamilies, all sharing a hybrid character: low stroke contrast recalling twentieth-century slabs, combined with sharply chiselled stroke joins that evoke high-contrast modern types.
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- Ink traps and robust proportions were specifically developed to hold up in rotary press newspaper printing, where reproduction quality is typically lower.
- The family's contradictory design logic—subtle stroke contrast paired with sharply chiselled joins—produces letterforms the foundry describes as resembling stencil drawings while retaining small-size legibility.
- Each weight ships with eight numeral variants: proportional lining (default), old-style, tabular lining, tabular old-style, superior, inferior, circled, and circled inverted; licensees can select the default variant.
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