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Freigeist
by René Bieder
Individual Styles from $29.00 USD
Complete family of 74 fonts: $249.00 USD
Freigeist Font Family was
designed by
René Bieder and
published by
René Bieder. Freigeist contains
74
styles and family package options.
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About Freigeist Font Family
The story of Freigeist is a journey into the past, back to the early grotesk fonts and long before Helvetica and Co were standard fonts in operating systems. For what we take for granted today is the result of innovation and pioneering spirit of type foundries such as Caslon or Stephenson Blake in the 19th century, whose expressive designs are mostly forgotten today. The Freigeist family captures this untamed spirit — hence the name (German for “free spirit”) — and puts it into a contemporary context, resulting in a multi-faceted family with a wide range of applications, font styles and features for modern typesetting.
Design Details
Unlike other modern grotesk typefaces like Helvetica or Univers, Freigeist is characterized by a warm and dynamic appearance. It draws inspiration from various historical models such as Caslon’s Doric or the Grotesque variants of Stephenson Blake. Particularly noticeable are the narrow terminals, the serpentine S or the dynamic g in combination with ascenders that reach to the cap-height only.
Italics
Many italic grotesk fonts are strongly oriented towards their upright counterparts. Unfortunately, this often means that they cannot do justice to their actual task, which is to highlight words or sections of a text. The italic cuts of Freigeist try to remedy this situation by using the greatest possible formal distance while reinforcing the untamed spirit. What adds to this, is a reminiscent of handwritten forms, which can be found in a, n, y or g, as well as the German sharp s or the ampersand.
Alternate Characters
Alternative letterforms are ideal for customizing the overall appearance of a text, for usage in logos or they can even work as custom fonts for companies. Freigeist comes with ten stylistic alternatives that are easy to insert via the Opentype window, such as the single-storey a, a tail-less version of the a for compact text, when uses in condensed widths or a dialed down version of the r.
Languages
Freigeist has a built-in support for Latin and Cyrillic based languages and covers more than 210 languages.
Opentype Features and Symbols
The family comes with many opentype features to support modern typesetting. This includes ligatures, different number sets or alternative shapes for texts set in all caps.
Styles
Freigeist is available in five widths (XCon, Con, Normal, Wide, XWide) and six weights (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Black). Including the accompanying italics, the family comes in 60 cuts that are suitable for any application.
Testfonts
If you like to test the fonts before buying the full version, please follow the link below: https://www.renebieder.com/test-fonts
Update 1
A lot has changed in this first update. It is more than just a 1.01 or 1.02. It is actually the 2.0!
I’ve gone through all! single glyphs of the 18 master files, making the family more sharp and even a bit more modern. I’ve added some new opentype features and redesigned the italics, because I wasn’t happy enough with the result. I’ve added new kerning pairs, new metrics, and even new glyphs. Please check my website for more details on the new design and overview about the opentype features and alternate shapes.
If you purchased the Freigeist family already, thanks a lot!! It is the most advanced family that I published so far. I hope that you’re happy with this new version.
Thanks!
Designers: René Bieder
Publisher: René Bieder
Foundry: René Bieder
Original Foundry: unknown
Design Owner: René Bieder
MyFonts debut: Jul 7, 2020
Freigeist
About René Bieder
René Bieder (*1982) is a trained Graphic designer and Art Director and self taught type designer. Before setting up his own studio as a type designer in 2013, he was employed in various small and large advertising agencies as an Art Director and Graphic Designer working for national and international clients. During his agency time he developed a deep interest in type design and started designing typefaces as a side project. His second commercial release has won the title "Myfonts Most popular typeface of the year 2012". Since then his typefaces were a constant on the Myfonts best seller lists. Today, you can find his work all around the world. From the Nemo Science Museum in Amsterdam to the University of Florida.The Premium foundry page can be viewed Here.
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