Clear Sans

Font Family by Positype

Includes 40 Font Styles from $500

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Clear Sans is a? wait for it? rational geometric sans serif. It is intended to fill a niche? to provide an alternative to the somewhat based-on-vernacular signage, somewhat geometric sans. I hear the word vernacular thrown around too much and too loosely. If a typeface is based in the vernacular, based on hand-painted or hand-crafted signage, then it should be based on the movements of the hand, retain that warmth and not on a pretty geometric model. For me, clean, geometric and precise doesn't have to be cold and expressionless.

The original skeleton was hand-painted in 2008 to help determine and inform my decisions going forward. The typeface was completed shortly afterwards at the behest of an old friend for their identity. As usual, I expanded it, but considered retiring it since there were so many things similar out there. Years later, I had a chance to rediscover it and came to the conclusion that it could be improved, expanded in a logical and useful way, and introduced.

I would be lying if I didn't admit that the rise of webfonts and embedded type in applications influenced many of the decisions I made about reworking Clear Sans. Completely new Text and Screen fonts were developed that utitlize larger x-heights, space-saving widths, logical (and simplified) weight offerings? to name a few alterations. Even the pricing of each variant was considered to produce a more reasonable and simple solution for the developer, designer, professional and novice.

Clear Sans is a departure from my previous sans serifs, but the influences of Aaux Next, Akagi Pro and Halogen are evident.

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40 Fonts Included

Clear Sans Light  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Light

from $25

Clear Sans Thin Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Thin Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Thin  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Thin

from $25

Clear Sans Ultra Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Ultra Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Ultra  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Ultra

from $25

Clear Sans Xtra Light Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Xtra Light Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Xtra Light  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Xtra Light

from $25

Clear Sans Xtra Thin Italic  |  View All 958 Glyphs

Clear Sans Xtra Thin Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Xtra Thin  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Xtra Thin

from $25

Clear Sans SemiBold  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans SemiBold

from $25

Clear Sans SemiBold Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans SemiBold Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Bold  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Bold

from $25

Clear Sans Book Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Book Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Book  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Book

from $25

Clear Sans Black Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Black Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Black  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Black

from $25

Clear Sans Light Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Light Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Medium Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Medium Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Medium  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Medium

from $25

Clear Sans Screen Bold Italic  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Bold Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Bold  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Bold

from $21

Clear Sans Text Book Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Book Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Text Book  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Book

from $25

Clear Sans Text Black Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Black Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Text Black  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Black

from $25

Clear Sans Text Light Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Light Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Text Light  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Light

from $25

Clear Sans Text Medium Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Medium Italic

from $25

Clear Sans Text Medium  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Medium

from $25

Clear Sans Text Bold  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Bold

from $25

Clear Sans Text Bold Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Text Bold Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Book Italic  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Book Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Book  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Book

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Black Italic  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Black Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Black  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Black

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Light Italic  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Light Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Light  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Light

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Medium Italic  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Medium Italic

from $21

Clear Sans Screen Medium  |  View All 247 Glyphs

Clear Sans Screen Medium

from $21

Clear Sans Bold Italic  |  View All 959 Glyphs

Clear Sans Bold Italic

from $25

Save 47% ($456) when you buy the full family!

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Clear Sans

Font Family by Positype

40 Font Styles from $500

Buy Now