About
Handjet is an element-based variable font (aka pixel font, modular font, …) where every glyph is composed using multiple copies of the same element. Each element can take one of 23 shapes and transition smoothly between them while creating various effects. The font currently supports these scripts: Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin.
Due to rendering issues specific to Mac OS, the font may show aberrations and visual artifacts, resulting in an unusual appearance.
Handjet is designed by David Březina with the contribution of Johannes Neumeier, Borna Izadpanah, Khajag Apelian and Meir Sadan. To contribute see github.com/rosettatype/handjet.
Designers
2Rosetta addresses the needs of global typography by working with collaborators to create original fonts for a polyphonic world. Their work has won numerous awards, but more importantly it has enabled people to read more easily in their native language. The Rosetta font library currently supports over 200 languages including Latin, Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Cyrillic, Inuktitut, and Indic scripts. Their fonts serve numerous clients including the BBC, RFE/RL, LG, and Harvard University Press.
Dr David Březina is a typeface designer, writer, lecturer, and chief type officer at Rosetta type foundry. He designed typefaces for a diverse palette of the world’s scripts, but focuses mostly on Gujarati and Latin.