Steiner

Neo Humanist Sans

vol.01 Steiner (Geometry breathing) 26.06.06 Debut

Humanist Sans · 12 weights

Steiner

The medium meaning passes through.

Steiner is a 12-weight humanist sans-serif variable font, drawn in Tokyo. The name is rooted in the classical Greek word for the upper air — the medium through which light and form once travelled. In lineage it stands as a sibling to Apercu, but reaches deeper: through Johnston's 1916 Underground alphabet, Gill Sans, Neuzeit, and Otl Aicher's Rotis (1988). Where Apercu draws on Franklin Gothic, Steiner draws on Rotis — seventy years of humanist tradition folded into a single voice.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

& ! ? @ # % * + = / ( ) [ ] { } < > . , : ; " ’ - – — … • $ € ¥

Glyph set

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.,:;…!?·•-–—_(){}[]/\|&@#*%§©®™“”‘’„‚"'«»‹›$€£¥+−×÷=±½⅓⅔¼¾⅛⅜⅝⅞ªºÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØŒÙÚÛÜÝŸÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøœùúûüýÿþ¡¿ĀĂĄĆĈĊČĎĐĒĖĘĚĞĠĪĮİĶĹĻĽŁŃŅŇŌŐŔŖŘŚŜŞŠŢŤŪŮŰŲŴŶŹŻŽāăąćĉċčďđēėęěğġīįıķĺļľłńņňōőŕŗřśŝşšţťūůűųŵŷźżž

OpenType Features

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  • Standard Ligatures liga

    fi, fl, ff, ffi and ffl join into single connected glyphs for cleaner rhythm.

    office final fluffy office final fluffy
  • Oldstyle Figures onum

    Numerals with ascenders and descenders, set at lowercase height — at home in running text.

    Established 2026 Established 2026
  • Tabular Figures tnum

    Equal-width numerals for columns, prices and tables.

    10,938 24,517 10,938 24,517
  • Fractions frac

    Diagonal fractions composed automatically: 1/2 → ½.

    1/2 3/4 7/8 1/2 3/4 7/8
  • Slashed Zero zero

    A slashed zero to disambiguate from capital O in technical contexts.

    0 1024 305 0 1024 305
  • Small Capitals smcp

    Lowercase forms re-drawn at small-cap height — retains visual weight when set in body copy.

    Small Caps Small Caps
  • Caps to Small Caps c2sc

    Converts uppercase to small caps for harmonious all-cap settings.

    TYPE FOUNDRY TYPE FOUNDRY
  • Case-Sensitive Forms case

    Lifts punctuation and brackets to align with capitals when set in all-caps.

    (STEINER) [2026] (STEINER) [2026]
  • Alternate a cv01

    Switch between Steiner’s default a and single-story variants.

    agency agency
  • Alternate g cv02

    Open and closed g loops — Steiner’s strongest stylistic switch.

    language language
  • Alternate R cv03

    Alternate leg shapes for capital R.

    Romance Romance
  • Alternate G cv04

    Capital G with or without the lower spur.

    Glyph Glyph
  • Alternate Q cv05

    Alternate tail constructions for Q.

    Quiet Quiet
  • Stylistic Set 03 — b d p q ss03

    Alternate construction for b, d, p and q. Shipped in v1.

    absurd proposal absurd proposal
  • Stylistic Set 09 — Historical Ampersand ss09

    An italic, historical form of the ampersand.

    Black & White Black & White

In Use

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Air wght 50
Line wght 150
Thin wght 250
Light wght 350
Book wght 400
Regular wght 450
Regular2 wght 500
Medium wght 550
Bold wght 650
Black wght 750
Super wght 850
Ultra wght 950

License

Steiner

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Steiner · Humanist Sans · 12 weights