Typeface Design for the Nekst Collection
Geometric austerity disrupted by eccentric alternates
Nekst is a geometric sans-serif collection by Denis Serebryakov comprising three subfamilies—Nekst, Nekst Mono, and Nekst Rounded—each in seven weights from Thin to Black. The base family presents a stark, tube-like construction whose alternate glyphs introduce eccentric, futuristic character alongside references to early grotesques. Nekst Mono extends this personality into a monospaced format and adds an OpenType feature for blackout or censorship display effects. Nekst Rounded softens the original's severity through rounded stroke terminals while retaining the geometric skeleton and Constructivist structure.
Set in Nekst, Nekst Mono, Nekst Rounded
Insights
- Alternate glyphs are available for most letters and serve as the primary mechanism shifting the typeface's register from restrained to eccentric.
- Nekst Mono includes an OpenType feature specifically designed to render blacked-out text, enabling censorship or blackout-poetry typesetting.
- Nekst Rounded retains the geometric skeleton and Constructivist logic of the original while only modifying stroke terminals.
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