Wind is the first published typeface of Amsterdam-based book and graphic designer Hansje van Halem. Like her other work, which is highly experimental, it uses vivid colours and intricately detailed patterns to create unexpected optical illusions, and its various layers can be combined and overlaid to create vibrant, hypnotic patterns. While most of van Halem’s work is highly personal, Wind is a tool for graphic expression, as intuitive as it is systematic in its exploration of the limits of legibility and the differences between reading and viewing. Read more about the process of creating Wind typeface in this article.

In addition to four static styles, Wind also includes variable fonts capable of a full 360 degrees of rotation (one clockwise, the other anti-clockwise), offering unprecedented possibilities for the exploration of repetitive textural patterns. Please note that because of the complexity of outlines, both variable and static fonts may sometimes not render correctly in Adobe applications. If you see quirky behaviour, please enable GPU/CPU performance in your application.