Vercel's Geist Serif thins every downstroke by 50% to chase maximum contrast
Vercel has added Geist Serif to its type family, a high-contrast display serif built on the same foundations as Geist Sans, Mono, and Pixel. It borrows from fashion and editorial print rather than vintage computer ads, with saw-toothed serifs, sharp hairlines, and a variable axis that swaps dot shapes across four variants. It ships with 894 glyphs, 352 languages, and more than 52,000 kerning pairs.
We created something that could only be made for today. Not overly blocky for screens from a decade ago, not filled with mechanical compromises for physical ink. Just serifs at perfect points.
- sheept
Those triangular serifs remind me of Ming script fonts.[0]
Also the indentation in the code sample near the end is quite terrible
- dcss_gardener
I like it. I'm not generally that enthusiastic about these corporate fonts (though I know why they do it) but it's good to see some strong opinions in the serifs. It's so much better than the exaggerated anachronistic ink traps that has become such a visual cliche of the 2020s internet.
- apetresc
I'm into typography and I like trying out new fonts, but what's with the sudden flood of everyone making their own lately? I remember how novel and interesting it was a few years ago when, like, JetBrains Mono came out. Now it's like every code-adjacent company has their own. Is AI particularly good at font design or something?