If

‘What if' is a typical question for an alternate history scenario, also called Uchronia: choose a starting point in history and imagine a different outcome. Based on Futura Fett, released by the Bauer Foundry in Frankfurt in 1928, the type was pushed to extreme blackness without loosing its historical reference nor becoming a caricature. Decisions Paul Renner took to achieve maximum boldness like opening the counters of some letters were taken even further. The typeface, designed by Constantin Pfeiffer & Jérôme Knebusch and released in 2020, was initially created during a workshop at the Gutenberg Museum Mainz at the occasion of the 'Futura. Die Schrift' exhibition in 2017. It has a single weight (among the blackest one can find), five widths and respective oblique versions. The glyphset is extended with Futura's iconic historical alternates, ‘Schmuck-Elemente' (decorative geometric forms) and a complete range of thin punctuation marks and diacritics. The fonts contain an extended Latin glyph set covering many languages and advanced OpenType features: several figure ranges (lining, old style, tabular and proportional), superiors & inferiors, fractions and case sensitive punctuation for capitals. For more information find a detailled PDF specimen below. A variable font version interpolates fluidly all styles, test out below. Trial fonts on demand.

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If Narrow

If Narrow

If Narrow Oblique

If Narrow Oblique

If Normal

If Normal

If Normal Oblique

If Normal Oblique

If Large

If Large

If Large Oblique

If Large Oblique

If Wide

If Wide

If Wide Oblique

If Wide Oblique

If Super Large

If Super Large

If Super Large Oblique

If Super Large Oblique

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If Variable

If Variable

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