Riesketype

Riesketype is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by the Rieske Type Foundry and released in 2017. It aims to blend the precision of geometric forms with a touch of humanist warmth, making it suitable for branding, user interfaces, and editorial use.

The design features low to moderate contrast, uniform stroke width, open counters, tall x-height, and round yet squared terminals. Letterforms emphasize legibility at small sizes, with a neutral color in print. Italics are true italics with slightly calligraphic tails.

Riesketype includes multiple weights from Thin to Black, with complementary italics and condensed variants. It supports Latin script with many diacritics and Cyrillic for broad multilingual use. OpenType features include basic ligatures, proportional and tabular figures, fractions, and ordinal indicators. It is available as a traditional desktop font, web font, and variable font with weight and optical-size axes.

The family was expanded in 2019 to include extended language support and a condensed width; in 2021 a variable version broadened usage. It has been adopted by corporate branding projects, digital interfaces, and documentation. Critics note its clean neutrality makes it versatile but can feel impersonal in expressive branding.