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PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family
PIN Family

PIN Family

Client: Typeface by WNS
Typeface
2015

PIN is a three-weight, nine-cut family of geometric sans-serif types. The design, available in dot-matrix, stencil, and solid variations, is based on an expanding grid in which each weight rests comfortably within the other, expanding out from the stroke’s center-point.


Initiated by Hoon Kim after a chance look towards the ceiling in a London tube station—which revealed a circular, 24-bulb chandelier above—the project started with a 16-node variation on a geometric dot matrix and grew from there to ultimately include three styles and three weights, each applicable across body copy, headlines, and tables.

With a nearly monolinear stroke width and unique construction, PIN is intended to be mixed and matched liberally: lighter weights adjacent to darker ones, stencil alongside solid, etcetera—a type family in the traditional sense of the word.

PIN is available in three styles and three weights, comprising a family of nine cuts, each with wide language support and generous OpenType features. Purchase PIN at Colophon Foundry.