Avec Text - Sociotype

About

Although superficially similar to the Curve subfamily, Avec Text features significant adjustments to optimise legibility from as little as 6pt. These include a greater x-height, higher ascenders and descenders, wider spacing, lower contrast, and a wider and more uniform uppercase.

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14 Styles

Thin

Thin Italic
Light

Light Italic
Regular

Regular Italic
Book

Book Italic
Medium

Medium Italic
Bold

Bold Italic
Black

Black Italic

Thin

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Thin Italic

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Light

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Light Italic

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Regular

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Regular Italic

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Book

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Book Italic

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Medium

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Medium Italic

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Bold

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Bold Italic

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Black

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Black Italic

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Specification

A

              A

Uppercase

Lowercase

Accented Uppercase

Accented Lowercase

Default

Old Style Numerals

Light Circled

Dark Circled

Punctuation

.
,
:
;
…
“
”
‘
’
„
‘
”
"
&
?
!
¿
¡
@
«
»
‹
›
-
–
—
_
·
•
(
)
[
]
{
}
/
|
\
#
©
®
™
℠
*
†
‡
§
¶
#

Mathematics

Currency

Case

¿
¡
@
‹
›
«
»
-
–
—
·
(
)
[
]
{
}
/
|
¦
\

Arrows + Symbols

Ligatures

Superior / Superscript

Inferior / Subscript

Pre-Built Fractions

Ordinals

Easter Egg

Name

In Use

Standard Ligatures

.liga

Ligatures create a more harmonious design for certain letter combinations. Standard ligatures are activated by default.

Inflicted Sufi

fi ff fl

▸

Inflicted Sufi fi ff fl

.ss01

Additional wedges: A wide-ranging alternative that encompasses letters, numbers, and punctuation.

Quaf at? J26

afj Q26

▸

Quaf at? J26 afj Q26

Stylistic Set 02

.ss02

Pointed W + w: A streamlined central ‘crotch; in both upper- and lowercase w, resulting in a more pointed form.

Wild growth

We will

▸

Wild growth We will

Stylistic Set 03

.ss03

Tailed a: A small flick at the bottom of the lowercase a’s stem, a modest yet common feature that brings added warmth to the design.

Banana Leaf

Banana

▸

Banana Leaf Banana

Stylistic Set 04

.ss04

Tailed + wedge a: Combining elements from stylistic sets 01 and 03, this alternative gives the lowercase a added warmth and visual weight.

Banana Leaf

Banana

▸

Banana Leaf Banana

Stylistic Set 05

.ss05

Titling dieresis - Useful when using dieresis, but tight leading is required.

BEHÖRDEN

ÄÖÜ

▸

BEHÖRDEN ÄÖÜ

Stylistic Set 06

.ss06

Slashed zero: To ensure no confusion can be made with the letter o, but also when the user wants to create a more technical feel.

0 010000 🄋🄌

000🄋

▸

0 010000 🄋🄌 000🄋

Stylistic Set 07

.ss07

Alternate 1: A clean, conventional alternative created to avoid ambiguity between the default 1 and a capital I.

12 192 1111➀➊

111①

▸

12 192 1111➀➊ 111①

Stylistic Set 08

.ss08

Round punctuation: The default punctuation follows a humanist, calligraphic style, while the rounder version adopts a more standardised approach.

This; “quote”

2; “abc”

▸

This; “quote” 2; “abc”

Stylistic Set 09

.ss09

Thin punctuation: Built mainly for display use, lighter punctuation with a monolinear stroke. The result is a much more graphic system.

(@) {[THIN]}

{[(@)]}

▸

(@) {[THIN]} {[(@)]}

Stylistic Set 10

.ss10

Circled Numerals - White: Appropriate for captions or wayfinding signage. These have been optically adjusted to maintain weight after scale has been reduced.

012345

123

▸

012345 123

Stylistic Set 11

.ss11

Circled Numerals - Black: Appropriate for captions or wayfinding signage. These have been optically adjusted to maintain weight after scale has been reduced.

456789

789

▸

456789 789

All Caps

.case

Shifts various punctuation marks and brackets to a position that works better with all-capital sequences.

{[(@shift)]}

{[(a-b)]}

▸

{[(@shift)]} {[(a-b)]}

Old Style Figures

.osf

Most suited within body copy, old style figures increase legibility at small scale and reduce emphasis.

0123456789

1962

▸

0123456789 1962

Tabular Lining Figures

.tnum

These allow numerals to align when vertically stacked. Brief punctuation ha also been included for use in tables.

0123456

1962

▸

0123456 1962

Tabular Old Style Figures

tosf

Tabular Old Style Figures is an option when you like the look of figures with varying heights but you need the numbers to line up in columns such as in financial documents, tables, charts, or numbered lists.

0123456

1962

▸

0123456 1962

Fractions

.numr + .dnom

An OpenType feature that allows endless possibilities for fractions.

1/2 + 34/567

23/456

▸

1/2 + 34/567 23/456

Superscript + Subscript

.sups + .subs

Most often used in formulas, mathematical expressions, and specifications of chemical compounds. The same feature for superior and inferior numerals.

5m2 C43H21

C6H20

▸

5m2 C43H21 C6H20

Ordinal Indicators

.ordn

Indicators that represent position or rank in a sequential order. Note: Typical ordinals are setup as .ordn, but here a full lowercase is available within .subs + .sups (superscript + subscript).

2a 2o 3a 3o

3o 3a

▸

2a 2o 3a 3o 3o 3a

Contextual Alternates

.calt

To speed up usage for some common symbols.

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<- ->

▸

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