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Air Superfamily downloadDesigner: Neil Summerour
Publisher: Positype
Air Superfamily was designed by Neil Summerour and published by Positype. Air Superfamily contains 81 styles and family package options.  

In B-movie awesomeness, Air began as Grotesk vs. Grotesque. I was trying to unify the prevailing traits of German and English Grotes(que/k)s in order to make something different but familiar. I am NOT trying to reinvent Helvetica (snore), so get that out of your system. From the onset, I intended this typeface to be a true workhorse that offers infinite options and flexibility for the user. At its core, it is the maturation of the Aaux Next skeleton I developed years ago. I worked out Aaux Next to settle my issues and love for Akzidenz. With Aaux Next, I strove to be mechanical, cold and unforgiving with it. I was single, young, cocky and it fit. Now I'm married, kids, dog and have found that I've turned into a big softy. When I look at Aaux Next (and have for the past few years) I see another typeface trying to eek out. I wanted it to avoid the trappings of robotic sans, quick tricks and compromises. The typeface's DNA needed to be drawn and not just generated on a screen - so I set aside a year.

I love type. I love working with type. I hate when my options for a slanted complement is only oblique or italic. I set out to produce both to balance usage - there are more than enough reasons to prepare both and I want the user to feel free to consciously choose (and have the option to choose) the appropriate typeface for print, web, etc. That flexibility was central to my decision-making process. The Oblique is immediate and aggressive. The Italic was redrawn at a less severe angle with far more movement and, as a result, is far more congenial when paired with the Uprights.

Condensed and Compressed. Yep, why not? I know I would use them.

There are nine weights currently available. The logical progression of weights and the intended flexibility demanded I explore a number of light weights and their potential uses - this has produced a number of 'light without being too light' options that really work based on the size. The result is a robust 81-font superfamily that is functional, professional, and highly legible without compromising its personality. Pair that with over 900 characters per font that includes ligatures, discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates, fractions, proportional/tabular lining and proportional/tabular oldstyle figures, numerators, denominators, ordinals, superiors, inferiors, small caps, case-sensitive functionality and extensive language support and you have a versatile superfamily well-suited for any project.

Font Family:
· Air Thin
· Air Thin Italic
· Air Thin Oblique
· Air UltraLight
· Air UltraLight Italic
· Air UltraLight Oblique
· Air Light
· Air Light Italic
· Air Light Oblique
· Air
· Air Italic
· Air Oblique
· Air Medium
· Air Medium Italic
· Air Medium Oblique
· Air SemiBold
· Air SemiBold Italic
· Air SemiBold Oblique
· Air Bold
· Air Bold Italic
· Air Bold Oblique
· Air Heavy
· Air Heavy Italic
· Air Heavy Oblique
· Air Black
· Air Black Italic
· Air Black Oblique
· Air Compressed Thin
· Air Compressed Thin Italic
· Air Compressed Thin Oblique
· Air Compressed UltraLight
· Air Compressed UltraLight Italic
· Air Compressed UltraLight Oblique
· Air Compressed Light
· Air Compressed Light Italic
· Air Compressed Light Oblique
· Air Compressed Regular
· Air Compressed Italic
· Air Compressed Oblique
· Air Compressed Medium
· Air Compressed Medium Italic
· Air Compressed Medium Oblique
· Air Compressed SemiBold
· Air Compressed SemiBold Italic
· Air Compressed SemiBold Oblique
· Air Compressed Bold
· Air Compressed Bold Italic
· Air Compressed Bold Oblique
· Air Compressed Heavy
· Air Compressed Heavy Italic
· Air Compressed Heavy Oblique
· Air Compressed Black
· Air Compressed Black Italic
· Air Compressed Black Oblique
· Air Condensed Thin
· Air Condensed Thin Italic
· Air Condensed Thin Oblique
· Air Condensed UltraLight
· Air Condensed UltraLight Italic
· Air Condensed UltraLight Oblique
· Air Condensed Light
· Air Condensed Light Italic
· Air Condensed Light Oblique
· Air Condensed Regular
· Air Condensed Italic
· Air Condensed Oblique
· Air Condensed Medium
· Air Condensed Medium Italic
· Air Condensed Medium Oblique
· Air Condensed SemiBold
· Air Condensed SemiBold Italic
· Air Condensed SemiBold Oblique
· Air Condensed Bold
· Air Condensed Bold Italic
· Air Condensed Bold Oblique
· Air Condensed Heavy
· Air Condensed Heavy Italic
· Air Condensed Heavy Oblique
· Air Condensed Black
· Air Condensed Black Italic
· Air Condensed Black Oblique

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