Display / Regular
Balkenfeder
A reverse-contrast display face: heavy horizontal bars, fine upright strokes, rounded corners and feet that kick outward.
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109 encoded characters: Basic Latin, German umlauts, ß, long s, curly quotes and en/em dashes. One Regular style; proportional figures; no ligature substitutions. Best at display sizes from about 24 px. Submitted geometry and 1,088 kerning pairs are preserved. Source validation retains missing-extrema and fractional-coordinate warnings.
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A LITTLE READING MATERIAL
Across the Grain — Balkenfeder
A zine made for Balkenfeder. A closer look at the letters and the world around them.
US Letter landscape, 100%, duplex, short-edge flip. Nest two sheets, fold and staple.