COUNTERFORM Collection

The shape
of reading.

A journey through the spaces
that make letters mean something.

The counter
The space within.

00 — THE SPACE

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A mark.
Made to last.

A cut gives the letter an edge.
Light gives the edge a depth.

01 — THE MARK

A contemporary relief study, set in Fraunces.

One form.
Many voices.

A raised, reversed face.
Pressure. Ink. An impression.

  1. Reverse
  2. Contact
  3. Impression

02 — THE PRESS

The counter stays unprinted.

Difference,
without hierarchy.

01 / SERIF

The same words.
Another voice.

02 / SANS SERIF

The same words.
Another voice.

03 — THE DIVIDE

What you see.
What you read.

x-height
The height of a lowercase x.
Same typeface. A smaller study.

04 — ANATOMY OF A GLYPH

Follow the edge. Discover the space.

Give type room to breathe.

A typeface is a space of possibilities.

Shape the page

Letter detail for different reading sizes.

Roboto Flex
/ 3 exposed axes
See your final page

05 — THE LIVING TYPE

Your settings become the final page.

Give type room to breathe.

And let the silence speak.

Your type.
Your final impression.

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Weight 650 / Width 100 / Optical size 72

06 — THE PAGE IS ALIVE

COUNTERFORM

Seven ways
to see a letter.

Follow the space from a mark in stone
to a page shaped by you.

Switch off for a continuous reading view.

Notes, typefaces & sources

Set in Fraunces by Undercase Type and Roboto Flex. Both fonts are bundled under SIL OFL 1.1. The carved specimen is a contemporary interpretation, not an ancient reconstruction.

The printing sequence illustrates relief printing. Woodblock and movable-type printing developed in East Asia before Gutenberg’s work in Europe. Read the BnF collection and Typotheque’s history of sans serif.

Live axes use the actual font's weight, width and optical-size design space. Variable font reference. Complete licenses, bibliography and implementation notes accompany the source.