Air Superfamily™

What is the Air Superfamily™ font?

In B-movie awesomeness, Air began as Grotesk vs. Grotesque. I was trying to unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotes(que/k)s in order to make something different but familiar. I am NOT trying to reinvent Helvetica (snore), so get that out of your system. From the onset, I intended this typeface to be a true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user. At its core, it is the maturation of the Aaux Next skeleton I developed years ago. I worked out Aaux Next to settle my issues and love for Akzidenz. With Aaux Next, I strove to be mechanical, cold and unforgiving with it. I was single, young, cocky and it fit. Now I’m married, kids, dog and have found that I’ve turned into a big softy. When I look at Aaux Next (and have for the past few years) I see another typeface trying to eek out. I wanted it to avoid the trappings of robotic sans, quick tricks and compromises. The typeface’s DNA needed to be drawn and not just generated on a screen — so I set aside a year. More…
I love type. I love working with type. I hate when my options for a slanted complement is only oblique or italic. I set out to produce both to balance usage — there are more than enough reasons to prepare both and I want the user to feel free to consciously choose (and have the option to choose) the appropriate typeface for print, web, etc. That flexibility was central to my decision-making process. The Oblique is immediate and aggressive. The Italic was redrawn at a less severe angle with far more movement and, as a result, is far more congenial when paired with the Uprights.
Condensed and Compressed. Yep, why not? I know I would use them.
There are nine weights currently available. The logical progression of weights and the intended flexibility demanded I explore a number of light weights and their potential uses — this has produced a number of ‘light without being too light’ options that really work based on the size. The result is a robust 81-font superfamily that is functional, professional, and highly legible without compromising its personality. Pair that with over 900 characters per font that includes ligatures, discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates, fractions, proportional/tabular lining and proportional/tabular oldstyle figures, numerators, denominators, ordinals, superiors, inferiors, small caps, case-sensitive functionality and extensive language support and you have a versatile superfamily well-suited for any project.

Air Superfamily™ Font families

The Air Superfamily™ includes the following font families:

  • Air Thin
  • Air Thin Italic
  • Air Thin Oblique
  • Air UltraLight
  • Air UltraLight Italic
  • Air UltraLight Oblique
  • Air Light
  • Air Light Italic
  • Air Light Oblique
  • Air
  • Air Italic
  • Air Oblique
  • Air Medium
  • Air Medium Italic
  • Air Medium Oblique
  • Air SemiBold
  • Air SemiBold Italic
  • Air SemiBold Oblique
  • Air Bold
  • Air Bold Italic
  • Air Bold Oblique
  • Air Heavy
  • Air Heavy Italic
  • Air Heavy Oblique
  • Air Black
  • Air Black Italic
  • Air Black Oblique
  • Air Compressed Thin
  • Air Compressed Thin Italic
  • Air Compressed Thin Oblique
  • Air Compressed UltraLight
  • Air Compressed UltraLight Italic
  • Air Compressed UltraLight Oblique
  • Air Compressed Light
  • Air Compressed Light Italic
  • Air Compressed Light Oblique
  • Air Compressed Regular
  • Air Compressed Italic
  • Air Compressed Oblique
  • Air Compressed Medium
  • Air Compressed Medium Italic
  • Air Compressed Medium Oblique
  • Air Compressed SemiBold
  • Air Compressed SemiBold Italic
  • Air Compressed SemiBold Oblique
  • Air Compressed Bold
  • Air Compressed Bold Italic
  • Air Compressed Bold Oblique
  • Air Compressed Heavy
  • Air Compressed Heavy Italic
  • Air Compressed Heavy Oblique
  • Air Compressed Black
  • Air Compressed Black Italic
  • Air Compressed Black Oblique
  • Air Condensed Thin
  • Air Condensed Thin Italic
  • Air Condensed Thin Oblique
  • Air Condensed UltraLight
  • Air Condensed UltraLight Italic
  • Air Condensed UltraLight Oblique
  • Air Condensed Light
  • Air Condensed Light Italic
  • Air Condensed Light Oblique
  • Air Condensed Regular
  • Air Condensed Italic
  • Air Condensed Oblique
  • Air Condensed Medium
  • Air Condensed Medium Italic
  • Air Condensed Medium Oblique
  • Air Condensed SemiBold
  • Air Condensed SemiBold Italic
  • Air Condensed SemiBold Oblique
  • Air Condensed Bold
  • Air Condensed Bold Italic
  • Air Condensed Bold Oblique
  • Air Condensed Heavy
  • Air Condensed Heavy Italic
  • Air Condensed Heavy Oblique
  • Air Condensed Black
  • Air Condensed Black Italic
  • Air Condensed Black Oblique

Air Superfamily™ Preview

Here is a preview of how Air Superfamily™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


Is A free font? Is Free to Download?

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