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Weight
Light to Bold on one continuous axis. The four static weights are stops along it, not the whole of it.
Light → Bold
GROUND SPEED 472 KT
Beta · 0.5.55
Polybenetron
Aa Gg Rr Ss 0123
A squared geometric sans in three widths, Narrow, Normal and Extended, each in four weights. Built from geometric and mathematical first principles, guided by artistic judgment.
Type tester
FLIGHT DECK · TELEMETRY CHANNEL 7
OpenType
Variable axes
Twelve styles are twelve points on two axes.
The variable font covers every weight and width between the static styles.
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Width
Narrow, Normal and Extended are three points on one axis. Set the width the layout needs, including every width in between.
Narrow → Extended
ORBITAL
Widths and weights
Narrow
Light — Orbital transfer
Regular — Orbital transfer
Medium — Orbital transfer
Bold — Orbital transfer
Normal
Light — Orbital transfer
Regular — Orbital transfer
Medium — Orbital transfer
Bold — Orbital transfer
Extended
Light — Orbital transfer
Regular — Orbital transfer
Medium — Orbital transfer
Bold — Orbital transfer
In use
Instrument panel
A readout at a glance, Bold Extended.
ALT 38,200 FT
Headline
Medium Narrow, for a tight column.
Launch window opens at 04:12
Labels
Light Extended, for small spaced caps.
GROUND SPEED · HEADING · FUEL
Specimens
Latin character set
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 &@#%$£¥¢
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞŒŠŽŸẞ àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿœšžß
Ligatures
ft, fu, ly, ry, Th and Ti, on by default.
Thrifty futures, only very Timely
Pangram
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Languages
Every style fully supports 188 languages written in the Latin script, checked against the Hyperglot database. Among them:
Complete
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Faroese, Basque, Galician, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Swahili, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa
Glyph grid
Every mapped character in 0.5.55 (beta).
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- Name
- —
- Code point
- U+0050
- Advance
- —
Basic Latin 94
Latin-1 Supplement 94
Latin Extended-A 8
Latin Extended-B 2
Greek 2
Latin Extended Additional 1
General Punctuation 9
Number Forms 2
Mathematical Operators 16
Alternates (Private Use Area) 9
Specifications
- Version
- 0.5.55 (beta)
- Glyphs
- 241
- Formats
- OTF, TTF, Variable TTF, WOFF2
- Variable axes
- Weight, Width, Optical size, Squareness, Grade
- Scripts
- Latin
- OpenType
- Ligatures, Discretionary ligatures
- Licenses
- Desktop, Webfont, Desktop + Web, App / Embedded, Studio
- Trial fonts
- Available
Licensing
One package, the whole family.
Polybenetron sells as a single package: all 12 static styles and the variable font. This is a beta release, priced as one. Buy during the beta and your license carries over to every later version at no charge.
Beta pricing
Polybenetron
Narrow, Normal and Extended, Light to Bold, plus the variable font.
12 styles
License tiers
- Desktop
- Single user, unlimited personal/commercial desktop use — print, PDF, static image export, local app UI mockups. Not for web embedding or redistribution inside a shipped product.
- Webfont
- @font-face embedding on one domain plus its subdomains, up to 100,000 monthly pageviews. Higher-traffic tiers available by request.
- Desktop + Web Bundle
- Desktop tier and Webfont tier together, one license.
- Studio
- Desktop tier, up to 10 seats, single organization.
- App / Embedded
- Embed in a single shipped desktop, mobile, or web application — the font file ships inside the product. One application title per license.
Pricing questions
- How many desktop users are included?
- Desktop is one seat. Studio covers up to ten seats in a single organization.
- How is web licensed?
- Webfont is one domain plus its subdomains, up to 100,000 monthly pageviews. Higher-traffic tiers are available on request.
- Are desktop and web sold together?
- Yes. Desktop + Web is the combined license, and the usual first purchase.
- What needs a different license?
- App / Embedded covers a single shipped product that includes the font file. OEM, broadcast, and uses not listed here need a quote.
Full terms: license. Checkout is handled by Gumroad. Questions before buying? Get in touch.