Commissioner is a low-contrast humanist sans-serif with almost classical
proportions, conceived as a variable family. The family consists of three
?voices?. The default style is a grotesque with straight stems. As the flair
axis grows the straight grotesque terminals develop a swelling and become
almost glyphic serifs while joints become more idiosyncratic. The volume axis
transforms the glyphic serifs to wedge-like ones.
Each voice of Commissioner comes in a range of styles from Thin to Black
including italics. The diverse proportions of lowercase and capitals add warmth
and appeal to texts across sizes, while the different voices can express a
variation in the typographic texture that ranges from delicate in text sizes to
exuberant in larger sizes.
Commissioner supports the Google Latin Plus, Latin Pro, Cyrillic Plus, Cyrillic
Plus .locl, Cyrillic Pro, and Greek Core character sets. The Cyrillic was done
with the valuable consultation of Maria Doreuli (maria@contrastfoundry.com).
This typeface project received financial support from Google, and in the future
may be available in Google Fonts.
