Yanone Kaffeesatz Font Family

“Yanone Kaffeesatz” was initially published in 2004 and is Yanone’s very first ever completed typeface. Its Bold is reminiscent of 1920s coffee house typography, although the rather thin fonts bridge the gap to present instances. Lacking self self-confidence and expertise concerning the variety scene, Yanone decided to publish the family members at no cost below a Creative Commons License. A choice that must turn out one of the finest he ever made. It has been downloaded more than 100,000 instances to date, and you can witness Kaffeesatz use on German fresh-water gyms, Dubai mall promos and New Zealand McDonalds advertisements. And certainly on coffee and foodstuff packaging and café design around the globe.

In 2009 he reworked much of the typeface and it got published in FontShop’s FontFont Library under the new name FF Kava. You may read far more about it in an in depth post by Yves Peters on FontFeed.

Updated in December 2013 with Cyrillic, designed by Sol Matas and Juan Pablo del Peral at Huerta Tipográfica.