Panel Family
Description
The Panel Family is a 4-style font ensemble originally conceived as a Monospaced design. The initial concept for the monospace was to juggle the idea of ‘constraint vs restraint’ and explore a typeface with lively personality in a fixed-width design space. Panel Mono played a pivotal role in shaping the design decisions that influenced all four styles. To enhance open forms, specific letters like 'c' and 's' had their serifs removed. This created an ambiguity that allowed for a harmonious relationship between the serif and sans-serif designs. This resulted in a set of shared glyphs that remained consistent across the mono styles. The introduction of italics was seen as an opportunity to push the fluidity of the forms even further, with cursive influences in the lowercase letters infusing the fonts with liveliness. A reliable set of 5 weights was designed for each style.
