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Afacad Flux

A variable sans whose slant axis leans both ways, from -14 to 14, with weight running from 100 to 1000.

Sans Serif 18 styles · variable by Kristian Möller, Dicotype OFL

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Afacad Flux is a variable sans serif by Kristian Möller of Dicotype. One file carries a weight axis from 100 to 1000 and a slant axis from -14 to 14, with nine named weights from Thin to Black, upright and slanted, 18 styles in all. Afacad Flux is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits interfaces and text.

Afacad Flux font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designers
Kristian Möller, Dicotype
Classification
Sans Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
18 9 weights, slanted styles from the Slant axis
Variable font
Yes Slant -14–14, Weight 100–1000
Glyphs
833
Languages checked
25 see the list
Last updated
version 1.100
Used for
HeadlinesBody textInterfacesBranding

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Afacad Flux

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Afacad Flux; the download contains the complete files.

Afacad Flux font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Afacad Flux specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Afacad Flux Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Afacad Flux ExtraLight
  • Light 300Afacad Flux Light
  • Regular 400Afacad Flux Regular
  • Medium 500Afacad Flux Medium
  • SemiBold 600Afacad Flux SemiBold
  • Bold 700Afacad Flux Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Afacad Flux ExtraBold
  • Black 900Afacad Flux Black

Afacad Flux is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range. There is no separate italic file: slanted styles are set with the Slant axis.

About Afacad Flux

Afacad Flux is a sans serif family delivered as a single variable font with two axes. Weight runs from 100 to 1000, past the heaviest named weight, Black 900, and slant runs from -14 to 14 around an upright default of 0, so the letters can be inclined in either direction instead of only forwards. Nine named weights, Thin to Black, each upright and slanted, give 18 styles. In the specimen the forms lean towards the geometric: a round o, a single-storey a, a pointed apex on A, a t whose top is cut at an angle, and ascenders that rise well above a modest x-height. The font holds 833 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Kristian Möller and Dicotype are credited as designers, the copyright notice names The Afacad Project Authors, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where Afacad Flux works

Interface type with fine weight steps
A continuous weight axis from 100 to 1000 lets labels, body text and headings be set at exact values instead of fixed steps.
Emphasis without a second file
Slant is an axis, so an inclined style for emphasis comes from the same font file as the upright.
Animated and interactive headings
Because slant passes through 0 from -14 to 14, a heading can swing from a backward lean to a forward lean in a transition.
Brand systems
Nine named weights from Thin to Black cover fine captions and heavy campaign lines in one family.
Vietnamese and Central European text
The 833 glyphs include Latin Extended and Vietnamese, so one file serves several language versions.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 833 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2023 The Afacad Project Authors (https://github.com/Dicotype/Afacad)

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Afacad Flux

Alice Serif

Afacad Flux is sans serif and Alice is serif (1 weight): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Arvo Slab Serif

Afacad Flux is sans serif and Arvo is slab serif (2 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Courier Prime Monospace

Courier Prime is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to Afacad Flux as the text face.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Afacad Flux on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Afacad Flux";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/AfacadFlux-VariableFont_slnt%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 1000;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Afacad Flux", sans-serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Afacad Flux with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

Slant, not a separate italic
The inclined styles are produced by the slant axis; the package has no separate italic file.
Weight goes to 1000
The axis extends beyond Black 900 up to 1000, a value some applications do not offer in their weight menus.
One variable file
The package contains the variable font only. Static instances of each weight are available from the official source.

FAQs

Is Afacad Flux free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 lets you use Afacad Flux in personal and commercial work, change it and redistribute it. The font cannot be sold on its own, and derivative fonts remain under the same license. Read the license text for the exact terms.

Who designed Afacad Flux?

Afacad Flux is credited to Kristian Möller and Dicotype. The copyright notice names The Afacad Project Authors.

Is Afacad Flux a variable font?

Yes. Afacad Flux is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 1000 and a slant axis from -14 to 14.

How many weights does Afacad Flux have?

Afacad Flux has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, and the weight axis continues to 1000. Counting the slanted versions there are 18 styles.

Does Afacad Flux have an italic?

Afacad Flux has no separate italic file. Slanted styles come from the slant axis, which can incline the letters by up to 14 degrees either way.

Which languages does Afacad Flux support?

Afacad Flux includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Czech and Vietnamese.

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