Items

Items is a contemporary typeface that ties in with the pervasive serifs of the early digital period. Reconciling familiarity with beauty, it seeks to overcome the limitations of Times & co. Its design is more consistent, featuring a contrast axis and top serifs that exhibit the same angle across all weights. Drawn with a focus on carefully modulated blacks and shapely whites, Items achieves an even typographic color. […] Each facet conjures distinct associations. The Condensed Black, for example, has qualities similar to the punchy Times variant seen on paperback designs by Fleckhaus. The other end of the weight spectrum echoes the days when the Macintosh boasted a narrow Garamond. Items Wide opens up a whole new dimension, exploring what a transitional serif would look like if freed from space constraints. On top of that, each subfamily has a Monospace style that is awkward and alluring at once. Characterized by fixed proportions and rather spindly strokes, this extension references the Latin glyphs included in fonts made for Chinese and Japanese scripts.