Kite One - Google Fonts

About

Kite One is a rounded, monoline, humanist sans serif typeface. With an inclination of 7 degrees, it gives a fluid reading experience. Long ascenders and descenders, soft shapes, open counterforms and soft terminals, make Kite One a typeface that is very suitable for long texts, especially those associated with the natural world or children’s tales.

The February 2023 update features a bigger glyphset, fractions and some minor aesthetic modifications.

To contribute, see github.com/etunni/Kite-One.

Designer

Eduardo Tunni

Eduardo Tunni was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1963. He studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and later specialized in typographic design. He co-founded the type foundry "Tipo" and some of his published there fonts were exhibited, selected and awarded around the world. For 10 years he was a teacher of the Master Career of Type Design at the UBA where he continues as external consultant. He made multilingual custom fonts for magazines, newspapers, universities, companies and countries with the collaboration of other colleagues. He has developed design methods that have been incorporated into the main typography design software that collaborates with typographic production.

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