Sansman
Regular 400
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A neo-grotesque for the screen and the street. Seven weights, from a hairline Thin to a dense Black, drawn for everything from body text to posters.
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Styles
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Type tester
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Waterfall
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Glyphs
- Character
- a
- Unicode
- U+0061
- Group
- Lowercase
- Weight
- Regular
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Features
AVATAR Tower Yo!
More than 1,500 hand-tuned kerning pairs keep awkward combinations like AV, To and Yo evenly spaced. Switch it off to see the difference.
12 m2, 5 m3
Proper superior figures for units and footnotes, drawn to match the weight instead of being shrunk and lifted.
½ ¼ ¾ ¹²³
Common fractions and superior figures come ready-made, so they work everywhere, even where OpenType features don't.
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In use
Aa
Seven weights, one voice
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Issue 07, Design
The grid is a promise you make to the reader.
Swiss typography was never about looking cold. It was about clarity: a single typeface, a strict grid and the confidence to leave space empty.
Sansman borrows that discipline. Its shapes are plain on purpose, so the words can do the talking.
At small sizes the open counters and generous spacing keep long text calm and readable on screen.
At large sizes the tight joins and flat terminals give headlines a firm, graphic presence.
Figures, Thin and Black
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244 characters per weight
Tuesday, 13 October
Good morning, Aachman
Focus time today
4h 20m
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Information
Sansman is a neo-grotesque sans serif designed by Aachman Shukla. It follows the Swiss tradition of clear, neutral letterforms, tuned for today's screens.
The family runs from a delicate Thin, made for large display sizes, through to a heavy Black for posters and signage. The middle weights are made for reading.
Ask about licensing| Designer | Aachman Shukla |
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| Released | 2025 |
| Version | 1.000 |
| Classification | Neo-grotesque sans serif |
| Styles | Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, ExtraBold, Black |
| Glyphs per style | 244 |
| Kerning | 1,500+ pairs |
| OpenType features | Kerning (kern), Superscripts (sups) |
| Language support | Western European Latin |
| Metrics | 1000 units per em, cap height 712, x-height 516 |
| Formats | TTF, WOFF2 |