Plainspoken
Typeface 05 · Humanist Sans
- Styles
- 6, ExtraLight to Bold
- Glyphs
- 368
- Languages
- Latin Extended
- Version
- 1.000, 2026
- License
- Free, SIL Open Font License
- Design
- Carl Magnus Björk
Open by nature. Clear by design.
Meet Plainspoken. A friendly sans with open apertures, disciplined forms and geometry that never feels cold. Wide counters let letters breathe, strict construction keeps them honest. Easy to read at any size, easy to like at first sight.
Strict, but kind.
Click the text and type your own.
01 ⎯ Styles
02 ⎯ Glyphs
03 ⎯ Sizes
Hamburgefonstiv
Flygande bäckasiner söka hwila på mjuka tuvor.
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex!
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich. Høj bly gom vandt fræk sexquiz på wc. 0123456789
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume. Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig. Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy. ÅÄÖ åäö ÆØ æø ß € © → 0123456789
04 ⎯ In use
Say it plainly
Open apertures keep every letter distinct, from a street sign to the smallest line of an interface. Nothing closes in on itself, so words stay clear at a glance and at a distance.
The construction is strict; the result is not. Soft geometry gives text a warm, even tone.
Made for the everyday
Plainspoken is at home in wayfinding, interfaces, reports and running text, anywhere clarity matters more than decoration.
Æble, Øresund, Kraków, Brno, İzmir, Dvořák. Extended Latin support covers most European languages.
05 ⎯ Download
Plainspoken is free for personal and commercial use under the SIL Open Font License. OTF for desktop, WOFF2 and WOFF for the web.
Download Plainspoken 1.000 ↓