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Bankside Sans

Bankside Sans

Bankside Sans is an early British grotesque sans typeface, reinterpreted for modern users. Its clear, classic letter shapes convey intent, while its extreme widths deliver impact. Its variable font provides extensive Weight, Width, and Italic axes for limitless versatility.

Project

Bankside Sans, Library Font Family, 2023

Designers

Paul Troppmair, Bruno Mello

Writing Systems

Latin

Supporting over 100 Languages 

Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Aragonese, Aymara, Basque, Bislama, Bosnian (Latin Script), Breton, Catalan, Chamorro, Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Czech...

Availability

Free trial; buy licences online and offline


Normal

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

UltraCondensed

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

ExtraCondensed

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

Condensed

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

SemiCondensed

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

SemiExtended

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

Extended

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

ExtraExtended

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

UltraExtended

Hairline Italic
Thin Italic
Light Italic
Regular Italic
Medium Italic
SemiBold Italic
Bold Italic
XBold Italic
Black Italic

As a river flows across relatively flat terrain, it often develops sinuous bends called meanders. Over time, due to erosion on the outer banks and deposition on the inner banks of these bends, the meanders become more pronounced. Eventually, the neck of a particularly pronounced meander may become so narrow that the river cuts through it, particularly during high flow events, creating a new, straighter channel. As a result, the old meander is cut off from the main flow of the river, leaving a crescent-shaped body of water known as an oxbow lake.

Features

ss
Expansive width axis
extra extra
Slanted italics
rt
Generous proportions
aow
aow
aow
Extensive weight axis
fj
Ligatures
@
Nuanced grotesque construction
sea
Narrow apertures
þ
Smooth connection

Font Styles

36px

Variable Axes

Normal / 100
Regular / 400

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic

36px

Hairline

Hairline Italic

Thin

Thin Italic

Light

Light Italic

Regular

Italic

Medium

Medium Italic

SemiBold

SemiBold Italic

Bold

Bold Italic

XBold

XBold Italic

Black

Black Italic