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CoType Foundry + MashCreative and Joe Leadbeater

September 28, 2018

Mindsparkle Mag

Aeonik Font

CoType Foundry, MashCreative and Joe Leadbeater built this punchy specimen site for Aeonik, a neo-grotesk sans that opens on an electric-yellow hero with the wordmark set enormous. From there the page turns to deep black, running the family’s seven weights and matching italics — from airy Air to heavy Black — down the screen in crisp white. Full uppercase and lowercase glyph sets, numerals and punctuation are showcased large, so the letterforms’ geometric, mechanical detailing reads clearly. It is a bold, no-nonsense study in typography that trusts the face to sell itself. The confident type design feels equally at home in display and text.

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