Trois neutres, zéro signature
Archivo, Bricolage and Space Grotesk all had a drawing signature. Here, none. Two of the three use a single family, and the hierarchy comes only from sizes, weights and rules.
This is the real register of high-end corporate: a page that does not try to be recognised by its type, but to bother nobody while reading. Ink on warm paper, calliper in the bar.
Inter, a single family A · recommended
A single typeface, Inter…
A single typeface, Inter. No display face at all. The title is set in 700 with very tight tracking, the labels in 600 spaced capitals, the body in 400. That is what Stripe, Linear and Vercel do: the hierarchy comes from sizes and weights, not from a second face. Zero originality, and that is the point: nothing dates, nothing distracts, the copy carries everything.
Your next career move,
engineered.
I spent three years inside French aerospace and defence. I now sit on the other side of the hiring table, and I take engineers through the move they are about to make.
Alexandre Corne
Aerospace engineer.
Three years in French aerospace and defence, before moving to the other side of the hiring table.
IBM Plex Sans B
A single typeface, IBM Plex Sans. Commissioned by IBM as a corporate face, so neutral by specification. It has an engineering pedigree without the slightest fancy, and it is a hair warmer than Inter, which softens a very empty page. The only one of the three that is not already on half the web.
Your next career move,
engineered.
I spent three years inside French aerospace and defence. I now sit on the other side of the hiring table, and I take engineers through the move they are about to make.
Alexandre Corne
Aerospace engineer.
Three years in French aerospace and defence, before moving to the other side of the hiring table.
Instrument Sans + Inter C
Instrument Sans for the titles, Inter for the body. Instrument Sans is a neutral barely narrower and a little more drawn than Inter: the difference is felt without being seen. It is the minimum of character you can add without leaving the institutional register. And the name is still the calliper's.
Your next career move,
engineered.
I spent three years inside French aerospace and defence. I now sit on the other side of the hiring table, and I take engineers through the move they are about to make.
Alexandre Corne
Aerospace engineer.
Three years in French aerospace and defence, before moving to the other side of the hiring table.