Kass
Kass
Kass is a typeface inspired by the handwriting, and etchings of Hungarian illustrator János Kass. He had an all caps, but cursive writing style, which produced extraordinary connections between characters.
License Summary
- Font package sold as described in the notes
- Free updates as the typeface progresses
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Version 0.2 Notes
Added Variable font format with a weight axis + WOFFs. An extra Black weight. Improved Vertical Kerning (ss02) feature. General improvements in the quality of shapes, spacing & kerning. Web and App licensing is also available.
General improvements in the quality of shapes, spacing & kerning. Expanding language coverage, punctuation and symbols.
Family Styles
Upright and Italic pairings with 6 weights from Thin to Black.
Character Set
All caps alphabets with basic diacritics. lots of ligatures, basic punctuation and symbols.
Drawing Quality
Still needs work for better rhythm.
Spacing
Mostly there.
Kerning
Most of the letters and numbers are kerned.
Hinting
Only auto-hinting
OpenType Features
Ornamented Punctuation (Kass-like ornament) (ss01), Vertical Kerning (ss02) and for the Italic 'Dotless i's (ss03)
Version History
Added Variable font format with a weight axis + WOFFs. An extra Black weight. Improved Vertical Kerning (ss02) feature. General improvements in the quality of shapes, spacing & kerning. Web and App licensing is also available.
Upright and Italic pairings with 5 weights from Thin to Bold. 70 ligatures in the Upright version and 97 in the italic version. With Kass-like Ornamented Punctuation (replacement for period) and Optional Vertical Kerning (it helps).