What is the Smallstep Pro font?
Smallstep – One geometric sans serif with a free spirit.
If we presume that geometric typefaces play with the idea of what typography would look like in the future when all unnecessary elements would disappear, than most of their designers seem to envision the future in a rather metropolisque kind of way. We love geometric faces, but the cold and heartless feelings that most of them leave is just not our cup of tea. That is why we are happy to bring some optimism in that genre with our new typeface. We called it Smallstep. More…
Smallstep is a typeface that follows the traditions of classic geometric sans serifs like “Futura”, but is at the same time friendly and whimsical. We took the liberty to deviate from the standard sans serif glyphs while drawing some characters (such as ”a” and ”r” ), others (“w” “k”) are completely redesigned. Probably the biggest trademark of this typeface is the way vertical lines in most lower case characters are “cut” so they end in a 60 degree angle.
Smallstep is over all a expressive face, which means it brings some emotions to your design and feelings in itself, and should be used accordingly. Other than that, it is suitable for both headline and body text, print and web.
So what kind of name is “Smallstep”?
We view the type design process as a form of evolution: There can be no typeface that differs drastically from the current standards, since its characters would be unrecognizable and thus unreadable. But at the same time there are hundreds of faces that differ a little, and still manage to make a difference by moving with small steps towards better and more refined looks.
Smallstep consist of 4 weights, that cover all the features, that are expected of a modern Opentype face: kerning pairs, ligatures, true italics and alternative characters, plus a set of symbols, that will help you start off your designs more easily.
Smallstep Pro Font families
The Smallstep Pro includes the following font families:
- Smallstep Pro Light
- Smallstep Pro Light Italic
- Smallstep Pro Thin
- Smallstep Pro Thin Italic
- Smallstep Pro
- Smallstep Pro Italic
- Smallstep Pro Bold
- Smallstep Pro Bold Italic
Smallstep Pro Preview
Here is a preview of how Smallstep Pro will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
