Francis Gradient
Francis Gradient is a playful capital-only sans serif typeface. During typing, the font dynamically increases or decreases character widths using sophisticated automatic contextual substitutions.
PDF Specimen- Latin
- Left
- Right
- Inside
- Outside
- LightItalic
- RegularItalic
- MediumItalic
- BoldItalic
- HeavyItalic
Design Concept
Francis is a narrow sans serif typeface with charming details and dramatic modulation of thick and thin strokes, ideal for creating strong headlines. Francis draws its inspiration not only from an early 20th-century lettering style often seen in European advertising, but also from the rational geometry that lends a rhythm to the typeface in text. Francis is suited to many large-text uses spanning editorial design, posters, corporate design and advertising. One word of warning: Francis is seriously playful and addictive, so don’t work with it unless you have plenty of time for your project!
Gradient Style
Francis’ real tour de force, however, is its collection of four gradient styles, capital-only display versions that produce dynamically increasing or decreasing character widths. These remarkable text patterns are possible because each gradient style contains 2,690 glyphs that are selected automatically using powerful OpenType’s Contextual Alternates feature. These gradient patterns can be applied to individual words, or to whole lines of text.
