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ZDS Display

ZDS Display

by VarsityType
Individual Styles from $24.00 USD
Complete family of 3 fonts: $48.00 USD
ZDS Display Font Family was designed by CJ Zilligen and published by VarsityType. ZDS Display contains 3 styles and family package options.

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ZDS Display Complete Family

3 fonts

Best Value!

Per Style:

$16.00 USD

Pack of 3 styles:

$48.00 USD

About ZDS Display Font Family


A display block with a little bit of Midwestern grit & elbow grease.

In 2021, Zilligen Design Studio released a refreshed identity system that included a a handful of logo lockups and graphic elements, but it was missing a core asset — a custom typeface that speaks the language of sport. Nearly 3 years later, ZDS Display came to be.

This typeface wears a chiseled build, familiar to the landscape, while mixing visual cues of sans-serif and slab-serif styles to compliment a look that we like to call "gritty Midwestern". We defined this style as pieced-together, blunt-cornered, and utilitarian — personified by a "NOW OPEN" sign hung on the weathered exterior of an old shop in America's heartland — oozing sweat and elbow grease. Originally founded 40 miles outside of Chicago, this feeling is interwoven in the studio's DNA, and ZDS Display is the representation of it.

With 3 widths, a hefty character set — alternates, symbols, manicules, and more — this typeface prepared to leave it all out on the field.

Designers: CJ Zilligen

Publisher: VarsityType

Foundry: VarsityType

Design Owner: VarsityType

MyFonts debut: Jan 31, 2024

ZDS Display

About VarsityType

VarsityType is a font foundry that specializes in developing versatile typefaces for the sports industry. The foundry strives to equip designers around the world with a library of typography that effectively behaves in the competitive environment of sport. VarsityType has an affinity for athletic block type, obliques, chiseled corners, and sharp serifs.

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