Shantell Sans (2023)(shantellsans.com)
140 pointsby aleda1457 hours ago12 comments
  • 0x694203 hours ago
    the formality slider (play with it at the google fonts page linked in the article[0]) is genuinely one of the coolest uses of a variable font axis i've seen in recent memory. it feels like we're witnessing the slow and steady vindication of metafont.

    [0] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shantell+Sans

    • dostickan hour ago
      That’s the coolest thing!And “bounce” slider. What a time to be alive… I wonder if there are more fonts like that with special adjustments. Still waiting for technology to allow handwritten font with true randomness.
  • xyzzy_plugh4 hours ago
    Wow somehow I've never come across this font, and I've done a lot with comic-sans-adjacent fonts.

    This font, however, is by far the most beautiful one I've encountered yet.

  • watchful_moose3 hours ago
    The parallels to comic sans are so obvious that first thing I did in the article is Ctrl-F "comic", because my first thought was: how much further has this taken the concept.

    The distribution of mentions of Comic Sans in the article is revealing: there are a bunch of mentions at around the 30% mark (in which they acknowledge the obvious heritage), and then barely after that. This font really does go further. Beautiful!

  • aetherspawnan hour ago
    Do you think a corporate brand would get away with using this font site-wide?

    In an increasingly sterile and AI world, is a human centric approach a good thing albeit possibly unprofessional by current standards?

    • Fnoordan hour ago
      A website could offer accessibility features, such as dark mode or dyslexia font. These could be subtle, or very obvious, depending on your target group. Large amounts of texts (e.g. a testimonial) could be a valid example. If you go for site-wide, you got consistency. If you'd apply it on h1-3 you'd put emphasis on the titles.

      It'd be great if say Mozilla Firefox included this font natively (for the app itself). Then again, the default is currently Times New Roman...

  • replwoacause39 minutes ago
    A beautiful font, and a beautiful gift from the creators. Very nice!
  • largbae4 hours ago
    Dyslexic daughter gave a big thumbs up, she definitely prefers this to Roboto in the example.
    • mplanchard2 hours ago
      I am not dyslexic, but the roboto example also highlighted a very stark difference in readability for me! Especially after having gotten used to shantell sans reading up to that point, the roboto felt nigh-unreadable.
  • jamwise2 hours ago
    First time seeing it and this is already my favourite hand-written font. Great work!
  • jgord3 hours ago
    gorgeous piece of human-computer engineering art.

    superb.

    totally usable in contexts where comic sans might be seen as kind of mocking.

  • jhack3 hours ago
    Is it weird that I want a mono version if this? Looks really great, really well designed.
    • replwoacause39 minutes ago
      I use and love this. Not quite the same, and not free, but I think it's beautifully made.

      https://tosche.net/fonts/codelia

    • mplanchard2 hours ago
      I was also really hoping for a mino version. I have used comic-sans-inspired monospaced fonts for some time for coding, because I think they are extremely readable. This font is so beautiful, I’d really love to see it in my terminal
  • glerk3 hours ago
    I like it! Somehow balances playfulness and readability. Thanks for sharing.
  • 2 hours ago
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  • mbostockan hour ago
    tldraw uses this font. It’s a great fit for emulating hand-written notes on a whiteboard; feels human.