Typeface of the Month: Dashiell

We are presenting our Typeface of the Month: Dashiell by the New York-born, Dublin-based type designer Max Phillips and published by Signal Type Foundry. The Dashiell family consists of three optical sizes that make the font versatile in use. With its classic forms that are both elegant and adapted for easy legibility, the Dashiell typeface exudes a light and vibrant look that adds emotion and individuality to any design. This makes Dashiell a typeface that adapts to the modern and versatile demands of our time without losing its seriousness and quality.

Dashiell was made to be read. Designed by a devoted reader with terrible eyesight, it combines the warmth and openness of Caslon with the lucid elegance of Garamond. Counters and x-height are ample but not large. Apertures are moderately open, and unbracketed wedge serifs add crispness. It’s available in six weights and three optical sizes to meet a wide range of contemporary needs.

Dashiell Text is an all-round workhorse: sturdy but open, with modest contrast, and carefully balanced to work both onscreen and on paper. Dashiell Bright has more sparkle, and is especially suited to printed books and magazines. And the dramatic contrast and wiry hairlines of Dashiell Fine are made for large sizes; it includes a bonus Light weight for especially delicate work.

Named for Dashiell Hammett, whose succinct grace helped modernize twentieth-century American fiction, Dashiell supports over 140 languages and includes proportional and tabular lining and oldstyle figures, small caps, case-sensitive punctuation and delimiters. For the non-succinct, there’s also an opulent selection of borders and ornaments.

To see more of Dashiell, check out the Signal Type Foundry website. Free trial fonts are available for download.

Typeface of the Month: Dashiell

Foundry: Signal Type Foundry
Designer: Max Phillips
Release: October 2020
Formats: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, EOT
Weights: 31 styles, 6 weights, 3 optical sizes
Price: From $ 50.–
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