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Essentials Pack
$120 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$360 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$240 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$720 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$360 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$1,080 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$480 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$1,440 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$600 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$1,800 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$720 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$2,160 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$840 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$2,520 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$960 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$2,880 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,080 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$3,240 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,200 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$3,600 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,320 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$3,960 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,440 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$4,320 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,560 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$4,680 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

Essentials Pack
$1,680 USD

Includes four essential Kapitol styles:

Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Family Pack
$5,040 USD

Includes the complete Kapitol family,
plus the Kapitol variable fonts.

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Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Variable

Kapitol Variable

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Thin

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Light

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Regular

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol Medium

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol SemiBold

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Bold

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Black

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Thin Italic

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Light Italic

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Regular Italic

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol Medium Italic

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol

Kapitol is a sans serif type family characterised by a robust practicality achieved through clean utility and concrete geometry. Inspired by the unique materiality found in 1980s screen aesthetics, Kapitol expands on the memory of the single weight Chicago (originally designed as a 12pt bitmap version by Susan Kare in 1984 and later adapted as a vector-based TrueType version by Kris Holmes in 1991), re-imagining the style with more traditionally legible forms, while retaining much of the original unique contrast and feel. The Kapitol family utilises robust geometry to create a practical and diverse set of types that can be used equally well for text and display purposes.

The first drawings for Kapitol began in pure gridded geometry and were then evolved to also utilise more balanced and organic forms. Where necessary Kapitol discards the grid and utilises letterforms that have strong connections to the history of grotesque typefaces, all the while maintaining a unique contrast and purely vertical stresses.

The fourteen style Kapitol family consists of a broad range of weights that vary progressively in their aesthetic, due to the strong contrast in combination with its vertical stress. At text sizes Kapitol feels utilitarian and sets in efficient, structural galleys. At larger sizes the finish is clean and strong, almost brutalist, making for combinations of crisp geometry and solid forms.

The range of Kapitol weights are dynamic exponents of the family’s geometry. As the type weights get lighter or heavier toward the family’s extremities, their structural requirements change, but the overall geometric tone is maintained. Ultimately, the weights at the lighter and bolder ends of the spectrum look less and less like their visual origins, but always feel like they are a part of the greater family. The thin and black weights in particular stretch their inherent contrast to the limits, creating unique and characterful outcomes that are subtly familiar, yet always original.

Usage Notes

Kapitol is a sensitive and useful type family that embodies a new kind of formality based on that familiar robustness and sense of geometry.

Kapitol was partly envisioned as a potential replacement for modernist grotesque typefaces, both in display and text use. It was created as a new kind of text typeface that could stand up to the demanding combination of contemporary print and digital use, while also remaining unique and ultimately legible.

The fourteen style Kapitol family consists of a broad range of weights that vary progressively in their aesthetic, due to the strong contrast in combination with its vertical stress. At text sizes Kapitol feels utilitarian and sets in efficient, structural galleys. At larger sizes the finish is clean and strong, almost brutalist, making for combinations of crisp geometry and solid forms.

Kapitol’s fourteen styles all come with full sets of ordinal characters; inferior, superscript, numerator and denominator figures; as well as tabular currency, math symbols and figures. All Kapitol family packs also come with variable fonts.

Overall Kapitol’s graphic feel creates a unique typographic tone that honours its very recent heritage while driving forward with a contemporary confidence.


Styles

Kapitol Thin
Kapitol Thin Italic
Kapitol Light
Kapitol Light Italic
Kapitol Regular
Kapitol Regular Italic
Kapitol Medium
Kapitol Medium Italic
Kapitol SemiBold
Kapitol SemiBold Italic

Kapitol Bold
Kapitol Bold Italic

Kapitol Black
Kapitol Black Italic

Kapitol Variable
Kapitol Variable Italic

Design

Mark Gowing
Dave Foster

Mastering

Ben Kiel

Features

Fourteen styles
Variable fonts
Latin-based language support
Discretionary ligatures
Fractions
Ordinals
Inferior, superscript, numerator and denominator figures
Tabular figures, currency and math symbols

Trial Fonts and Specimen

License terms apply. By downloading these trial fonts you agree to not distribute, reproduce, or use these files for any commercial purpose.
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Language Support

Kapitol features full support of the following languages: Abenaki, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Amis, Anuta, Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Arrernte, Arvanitic (Latin), Asturian, Atayal, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir (Latin), Basque, Belarusian (Latin), Bemba, Bikol, Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Cape Verdean Creole, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chichewa, Chickasaw, Cimbrian, Cofán, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar (Latin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dawan, Delaware, Dholuo, Drehu, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Folkspraak, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz (Latin), Galician, Ganda, Genoese, German, Gikuyu, Gooniyandi, Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), Guadeloupean Creole, Gwich’in, Haitian Creole, Hän, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hopi, Hotca˛k (Latin), Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Jamaican, Javanese (Latin), Jèrriais, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kapampangan (Latin), Kaqchikel, Karakalpak (Latin), Karelian (Latin), Kashubian, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kiribati, Kirundi, Klingon, Kurdish (Latin), Ladin, Latin, Latino sine Flexione, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Maasai, Makhuwa, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Māori, Marquesan, Megleno-Romanian, Meriam Mir, Mirandese, Mohawk, Moldovan, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Murrinh-Patha, Nagamese Creole, Nahuatl, Ndebele, Neapolitan, Ngiyambaa, Niuean, Noongar, Norwegian, Novial, Occidental, Occitan, Onĕipŏt, Oshiwambo, Ossetian (Latin), Palauan, Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Q’eqchi’, Quechua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Sami (Inari Sami), Sami (Lule Sami), Sami (Northern Sami), Sami (Southern Sami), Samoan, Sango, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian (Latin), Seri, Seychellois Creole, Shawnee, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Slovio (Latin), Somali, Sorbian (Lower Sorbian), Sorbian (Upper Sorbian), Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Spanish, Sranan, Sundanese (Latin), Swahili, Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tetum, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen (Latin), Tuvaluan, Tzotzil, Uzbek (Latin), Venetian, Vepsian, Volapük, Võro, Wallisian, Walloon, Waray-Waray, Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xavante, Xhosa, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Zapotec, Zarma, Zazaki, Zulu, Zuni

Basic Character Set

Basic Character Set

Accented Characters and Language Options

Language Options

Numerals

Numerals

Punctuation and Symbols

Punctuation and Symbols