Gimpel Sans

It started with “n” and “o”
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Single-minded like a swarm—free like a bird.

Gimpel was the first type design I ever created. The project title back then was “Vogelfrei Sans” and was meant as a custom font for a small festival, that never was.

Technically, this is version three, as I re-designed it from scratch three times already (Ofc the first version had ink-traps). The guiding idea was a font that de- and reconstructed male- and female-coded shapes. I decided—somewhat blatantly—for round shapes to resemble feminity and angular ones to resemble masculinity.

The font needed to work for smaller portions of text, so I couldn’t go as wild with the concept. This means not every letter fits with the deconstructive notion. But, I think this ties it back well to the idea of gender being fluid. Not everyone is breaking gender all the time. It sometimes happens that people even conform to gender.

The overall feel of the font is admitetly a bit technical. But the three weights extend its usablity quite a bit. Regular works best for headlines and logos. Schwarm’s tighter lettershapes are easier on the eye when used in small paragraphs. Extended is really just for showing off. The extended uppercase letters work especially well, when animated via the variable setting from Regular to Extended. I think the most characteristic letter in the whole design is the “m,” as it best embodies the concept of remixing soft and angular shapes.

Features

Stylistic Sets

Alt a

  • a

Alt g

  • g

Alt k

  • k

Alt äöü

  • äöü

Reverse Letters

  • PRS

Edgy J & S

  • JS

Numbers

Oldstyle Figures /Lowercase Figures

  • 123

Tabular Figures

  • 123

Fractures

  • 11/8

Glyphs

Latin

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

  • a
  • b
  • c
  • d
  • e
  • f
  • g
  • h
  • i
  • j
  • k
  • l
  • m
  • n
  • o
  • p
  • q
  • r
  • s
  • t
  • u
  • v
  • w
  • x
  • y
  • z

Diacritics

  • Á
  • Â
  • Ä
  • À
  • Ā
  • Ą
  • Å
  • Ã
  • Æ
  • Ć
  • Č
  • Ç
  • Ď
  • Ð
  • É
  • Ě
  • Ê
  • Ë
  • Ė
  • È
  • Ē
  • Ę
  • IJ
  • Í
  • Î
  • Ï
  • Ì
  • Ī
  • Į
  • Ĺ
  • Ł
  • Ń
  • Ň
  • Ñ
  • Ó
  • Ô
  • Ö
  • Ò
  • Ō
  • Ø
  • Õ
  • Œ
  • Þ
  • Ŕ
  • Ř
  • Ś
  • Š
  • Ş
  • Ť
  • Ţ
  • Ú
  • Û
  • Ü
  • Ù
  • Ū
  • Ų
  • Ů
  • Ŵ
  • Ý
  • Ŷ
  • Ÿ
  • Ź
  • Ž
  • Ż
  • á
  • â
  • ä
  • à
  • ā
  • ą
  • å
  • ã
  • æ
  • ć
  • č
  • ç
  • ð
  • é
  • ě
  • ê
  • ë
  • ė
  • è
  • ē
  • ę
  • ı
  • í
  • î
  • ï
  • ì
  • ī
  • į
  • ȷ
  • ĺ
  • ł
  • ń
  • ň
  • ñ
  • ó
  • ô
  • ö
  • ò
  • ō
  • ø
  • õ
  • œ
  • þ
  • ŕ
  • ř
  • ś
  • š
  • ş
  • ß
  • ţ
  • ú
  • û
  • ü
  • ù
  • ū
  • ų
  • ů
  • ŵ
  • ý
  • ŷ
  • ÿ
  • ź
  • ž
  • ż

Numbers

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

Symbols

  • .
  • ,
  • :
  • ;
  • !
  • ¡
  • ?
  • ¿
  • ·
  • *
  • #
  • \
  • -
  • (
  • {
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In-Use Examples

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—Typodarium 2025—

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If you want to use the typeface for a university project or a trans-related project contact me.

Gimpel Sans TRIAL

0.00 

Gimpel Sans Variable Family

40.00 

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