What is the Generis® Sans font?
The idea for the Generis type system came to Erik Faulhaber while he was traveling in the USA. Seeing typefaces mixed together in a business district motivated him to create a new type system with interrelated forms.
The first design scheme came about in 1997, following the space saving model of these American Gothics. More…
Faulhaber then examined the demands of legibility and various communications media before finally developing the plan behind this type system. Generis’s design includes two individually designed styles; each of with is available with and without serifs, giving the type system four separate families. Each includes at least four basic weights: Light, Regular, Medium, and Bold. Further weights, small caps, old style figures, and true italics were added to each family where needed.
The Generis type system is designed to meet both optical criteria and the highest possible measure of technical precision. Harmony, rhythm, legibility, and formal restraint make up the foreground. Generis combines aesthetic, technical, and economic advantages, which purposefully and efficiently cover the whole range of corporate communication needs.
The unified basic form and the individual peculiarity of the styles lead to Generis’ systematic, total-package concept. The clear formal language of the Generis type system resides beneath the information, bringing appropriate typographic expression to high-level corporate identity systems, both in print and on screen. The condensed and aspiring nature of the letterforms allows for the efficient setting of body copy, and the economic use of the page. A range of accented characters allows text to be set in 48 Latin-based languages, offering maximal typographic free range. This previously unknown level of technical and design execution helps create higher quality typography in all areas of corporate communication.
Optimal combinations within the type system: Generis Serif or Generis Slab with Generis Sans or Generis Simple.
Generis® Sans Font families
The Generis® Sans includes the following font families:
- Generis Sans Pro Thin
- Generis Sans Pro Thin Italic
- Generis Sans Pro Light
- Generis Sans Pro Light Italic
- Generis Sans Pro Regular
- Generis Sans Pro Regular Italic
- Generis Sans Pro Medium
- Generis Sans Pro Medium Italic
- Generis Sans Pro Bold
- Generis Sans Pro Bold Italic
- Generis Sans Pro Heavy
- Generis Sans Pro Heavy Italic
- Generis Sans Std Thin
- Generis Sans Std Thin Italic
- Generis Sans Std Light
- Generis Sans Std Light Italic
- Generis Sans Std Regular
- Generis Sans Std Regular Italic
- Generis Sans Std Medium
- Generis Sans Std Medium Italic
- Generis Sans Std Bold
- Generis Sans Std Bold Italic
- Generis Sans Std Heavy
- Generis Sans Std Heavy Italic
Generis® Sans Preview
Here is a preview of how Generis® Sans will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
