Common Shapes

From Process Type Foundry

Common Shapes is a general-purpose typeface built around the capsule and semi-sphere shapes. It continues the exploration into implied geometry started with Colfax and further refines an approach that is geometric in tone, but not measured or automated. Due to its spare nature, Common Shapes excels in environments where a casual typographic simplicity is desired. Consisting of six weights with matching italics, a single OpenType stylistic set is included allowing users to further simplify alphabetic and punctuation forms.

Designed by Eric Olson

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  • Catalan
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  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Fula
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Malay
  • Maltese
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
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Font Size

Common Shapes Thin

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Thin Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Light

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Light Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Regular

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Regular Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Medium

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Medium Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Bold Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Black

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Common Shapes Black Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Character Map
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Uppercase Letter Latin

Uppercase Letter Greek

Lowercase Letter Latin

Lowercase Letter

Lowercase Letter Greek

Modifier Letter

Other Letter Latin

Nonspacing Mark Inherited

Decimal Number

Other Number

Connector Punctuation

Dash Punctuation

Close Punctuation

Final Punctuation

Initial Punctuation

Other Punctuation

Open Punctuation

Currency Symbol

Modifier Symbol

Math Symbol

Other Symbol

Ligatures

Stylistic Alternates

Stylistic Set 1

Fractions

Tabular Figures

Superscript

Case-Sensitive Forms

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Like any software, fonts are licensed for specific uses. All of our licenses allow commercial use — the right one simply depends on how you plan to use the fonts.

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  • Install fonts on your computer to create static assets like logos, social media images, presentations, and print materials. Each person who installs the font needs a license. Embedding in apps, automated systems, or hosting on a website requires a different license.

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