a variable typeface shaped by the wind

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the idea

because of the wind

Zephir Flex began with a question. What if wind blows against the font? The letters lean into it: stem tops curve away, soft serifs stream off to the left, and every corner facing the gust is rounded smooth.

That gust lives on a variable axis. Slide it and the wind picks up. The serifs appear, the letters take on motion. Slide it back and the type falls calm and sans again. A second axis controls weight, from a delicate hairline to a heavy black.

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two axes in your hands

zephir flex

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the cuts

eight ways to feel the wind

anatomy

how the wind shapes n

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drag to let the wind in

  1. 1The top of the stem curves to the left, because of the wind.
  2. 2Lower serifs flow and point only left, because of the wind.
  3. 3Corners that face right are softened, because of the wind.

specimen

type something

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

regular · the wind

black · the wind

regular sans · calm

bold · half a gust