01 · The bench0 to 4 s
Every letter started as metal.
Sorts began as lead, cast on a 1958 Monotype caster in our basement in 2019. We set every glyph, proofed it, then drew it again on two axes.
- glyphs
- 1,184
- axes
- 2
- weights
- 701
Glyphhouse is a two-person foundry with one family, Sorts. Its weight axis runs from 200 to 900 and its width from 75 to 125. Push the cursor into the headline and the letters get heavier where you push.
Scroll to sweep the axis02 · The axis4 to 8 s
Scroll is the weight slider.
This page is set in one variable file. As the film runs, every chapter heading moves along the weight axis from 300 to 900. The readout in the corner is the live value.
03 · The red sort8 to 10 s
One sort in every case is red.
An old compositor's habit: a red sort marks where the last proof stopped. We kept it. Every Sorts specimen sets one letter in signal red, never the same one twice.
Specimen · Sorts Variable
Set a line. Push it around.
Type your own line, set the axes, then move the cursor through it. The letters nearest the pointer climb toward 900 and narrow as they do, so the line keeps its length.
Styles · 8 named, 701 between them
Named for the case they came from.
Hairline200 · 100
Night proofs
Light300 · 100
Lead and dust
Regular400 · 100
Set in metal
Medium500 · 100
Cast on Tuesdays
Bold700 · 100
Locked in the chase
Black900 · 100
Red sort
Condensed600 · 75
Timetables, tickets
Expanded600 · 125
Signs
The proof sortscase 14
Hairline, in metal0.4 mm stems
One licence. One price.
€240once, for the whole family
- Every weight
- 200 to 900 on the weight axis, 75 to 125 on width, one file.
- Every medium
- Desktop, web, app, print, packaging and video.
- Up to 20 people
- No pageview counts, no seats to track, no renewal.
- Trial files
- Free for anything you have not published yet.
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