Imbue

Weight · Optical Size

A serif with a true optical size axis, from text to headline.

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About

We wanted a typeface like this for a side project but couldn't find one that felt right. So, we made Imbue. The result is something crisp and curvy with two variable axes: weight and optical size. Imbue is our first typeface to include a variable optical size. Can you use the intended "10pt" (legible at small sizes) style with huge text? Absolutely. Can you use the super fine "100pt" style with tiny text? Yeah why not.

And sure, this thing is dripping with class and has some OpenType features that might make you oooh and aaaah, but Imbue is anything but subtle. Even the thinnest weight with hairline serifs has attitude. Basically we're dying to see what you make with this unique flexible face. Imbue comes in static styles for desktop and web as well as a single variable font and has received several updates since its release in August of 2018. Thanks to Google Fonts it now exists in libre form with an Open Font License and is available on Github.

Styles
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Thin Text Sphinx of black quartz
ExtraLight Text Sphinx of black quartz
Light Text Sphinx of black quartz
Regular Text Sphinx of black quartz
Medium Text Sphinx of black quartz
SemiBold Text Sphinx of black quartz
Bold Text Sphinx of black quartz
ExtraBold Text Sphinx of black quartz
Black Text Sphinx of black quartz
Thin Display Sphinx of black quartz
ExtraLight Display Sphinx of black quartz
Light Display Sphinx of black quartz
Regular Display Sphinx of black quartz
Medium Display Sphinx of black quartz
SemiBold Display Sphinx of black quartz
Bold Display Sphinx of black quartz
ExtraBold Display Sphinx of black quartz
Black Display Sphinx of black quartz
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Released under the SIL Open Font License (OFL). Free to use, modify, and distribute.