PF DIN Max Variable
The landscape of visual communication is changing with a fast pace and this new release redefines DIN in order to handle the demands of modern technology. It was based on the PF DIN Text type system, a series of typefaces originally designed in 2002, quoted by Publish magazine as being “an overkill series for complex corporate identity projects”. DIN Max is a brand new variable type system completely re-designed and re-imagined from the ground up with 3 design axes. Expanding the utility of DIN Max we introduce a number of new novelties. Two additional widths, Extra Compressed and Wide, were added at both ends of the design spectrum, with the very narrow widths to be well suited for display use, whereas the wide version is equally comfortable for display and text use. Furthermore, DIN Max comes now with cleaner shapes and higher legibility even at small sizes whilst its robust strokes and revised spacing makes the new version much more readable. At the same time, its expressive character is retained by adopting alternates which respond automatically to variations in width and weight and preserve the rhythm of the design. DIN Max features a palette of 100 weights (including a variable font file with unlimited variations) and language support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Finally, DIN Max is powered in every variation by 303 symbols for packaging, environmental graphics, signage, transportation, computing, fabric care.
Now, designers have a chance to re-evaluate this iconic typeface and replace their old digital versions with a contemporary design which addresses demanding typographic environments.
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The landscape of visual communication is changing with a fast pace and this new release redefines DIN in order to handle the demands of modern technology. It was based on the PF DIN Text type system, a series of typefaces originally designed in 2002, quoted by Publish magazine as being “an overkill series for complex corporate identity projects”. DIN Max is a brand new variable type system completely re-designed and re-imagined from the ground up with 3 design axes. Expanding the utility of DIN Max we introduce a number of new novelties. Two additional widths, Extra Compressed and Wide, were added at both ends of the design spectrum, with the very narrow widths to be well suited for display use, whereas the wide version is equally comfortable for display and text use. Furthermore, DIN Max comes now with cleaner shapes and higher legibility even at small sizes whilst its robust strokes and revised spacing makes the new version much more readable. At the same time, its expressive character is retained by adopting alternates which respond automatically to variations in width and weight and preserve the rhythm of the design. DIN Max features a palette of 100 weights (including a variable font file with unlimited variations) and language support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Finally, DIN Max is powered in every variation by 303 symbols for packaging, environmental graphics, signage, transportation, computing, fabric care.
Now, designers have a chance to re-evaluate this iconic typeface and replace their old digital versions with a contemporary design which addresses demanding typographic environments.
Published: 2021
Designer: Panos Vassiliou
FORMAT
STYLES
- XCompressed Hairline
- XCompressed Hairline Italic
- XCompressed Thin
- XCompressed Thin Italic
- XCompressed Light
- XCompressed Light Italic
- XCompressed Book
- XCompressed Book Italic
- XCompressed Regular
- XCompressed Italic
- XCompressed Medium
- XCompressed Medium Italic
- XCompressed SemiBold
- XCompressed SemiBold Italic
- XCompressed Bold
- XCompressed Bold Italic
- XCompressed XBold
- XCompressed XBold Italic
- XCompressed Black
- XCompressed Black Italic
- Compressed Hairline
- Compressed Hairline Italic
- Compressed Thin
- Compressed Thin Italic
- Compressed Light
- Compressed Light Italic
- Compressed Book
- Compressed Book Italic
- Compressed Regular
- Compressed Italic
- Compressed Medium
- Compressed Medium Italic
- Compressed SemiBold
- Compressed SemiBold Italic
- Compressed Bold
- Compressed Bold Italic
- Compressed XBold
- Compressed XBold Italic
- Compressed Black
- Compressed Black Italic
- Condensed Hairline
- Condensed Thin
- Condensed Thin Italic
- Condensed Light
- Condensed Light Italic
- Condensed Book
- Condensed Book Italic
- Condensed Regular
- Condensed Italic
- Condensed Medium
- Condensed Medium Italic
- Condensed SemiBold
- Condensed SemiBold Italic
- Condensed Bold
- Condensed Bold Italic
- Condensed XBold
- Condensed XBold Italic
- Condensed Black
- Condensed Black Italic
- Hairline
- Hairline Italic
- Thin
- Thin Italic
- Light
- Light Italic
- Book
- Book Italic
- Regular
- Italic
- Medium
- Medium Italic
- SemiBold
- SemiBold Italic
- Bold
- Bold Italic
- ExtraBold
- ExtraBold Italic
- Black
- Black Italic
- Wide Hairline
- Wide Hairline Italic
- Wide Thin
- Wide Thin Italic
- Wide Light
- Wide Light Italic
- Wide Book
- Wide Book Italic
- Wide Regular
- Wide Italic
- Wide Medium
- Wide Medium Italic
- Wide SemiBold
- Wide SemiBold Italic
- Wide Bold
- Wide Bold Italic
- Wide XBold
- Wide XBold Italic
- Wide Black
- Wide Black Italic
PRO FEATURES
- None
SUPPORTED SCRIPTS
- 1250 Eastern European
- 1251 Cyrillic
- 1252 Latin 1
- 1253 Greek
- 1254 Turkish
- 1257 Baltic
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Character Set
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789.,