Kohl
Illustrations - Kyle Letendre
Kohl L
Kohl M
Kohl S
A modern serif font where sturdy, classic forms meet razor‑sharp, expressive details
Kohl started not with a grand plan, but because I was flipping through an old Miller & Richard specimen book from 1873—as one does—and found a typeface called Antique No. 8. And it was really cool. Kind of condensed, sturdy, and with sharp serifs that gave it a real personality. It felt like it meant business, but in a charming way.
I was completely sold on the capitals. The lowercase letters, though? Not so much. They were like a different font that had wandered into the wrong party. So I made the only logical choice: I kept the uppercase as my mysterious, found‑object muse and designed an entirely new lowercase to meet it. This meant fully committing to the sharpness, letting the triangular serifs guide an exploration of extreme angles and precision.
The real magic, however, happened in the optical sizes. The S size is the workhorse—the one I initially fell in love with in the reference. But then, I extrapolated the Heavy weight and a certain *someone* suggested I see how far I could push it. So I did, right to the edge, and that's how we ended up with size L. It's basically the S size after three coffees. The serifs are sharper, the angles are more extreme, and the horizontal serifs absolutely clash on purpose. And that’s Kohl; it’s not here to whisper, it’s here to make a statement that’s a little bit daring, a little bit occult and mysterious and, frankly, extra and unforgettable.
—J.
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This family supports
377
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