Typemates introduced a new typeface called Piet. It combines formality and eccentricity, an interesting design that brings a strong Nordic inspiration to your way of communicating through texts. Piet is based on the license plates of Finnish automobiles. The rounded and deep strokes, the somewhat strange numbers and a graphic combination of elegance and eccentricity make up the personality of this new typeface from Typemates.
Combine Monkey and Sans, Piet is a typography of bureaucratic use and style at first glance, but it has its own style and you have to learn to love it. At first glance, Piet is not a pretty or refined typeface. But it is unmistakable. A design with practical and almost unbreakable shapes. Robust, but with more or less the optical corrections expected for this type of proposals.
Piet, the Mono and Sans font for all types of documents
Piet is made up of two types of letters. If the Mono version It feels very stuffy, you can change it to sans and you will see some specific touch-ups to make it look more refined. Proportional spacing, visual coupling, and softened letterforms make the overall look of the typography better for average users.
In the cursive handwriting, Piet shows quite a few differences between Mono and Sans models. Where Sans' cursive letters are simply slanted, in Mono there is a growing demand for prominence. All shapes have a softer touch between the predefined widths of each letter. The rotated shapes in each capital letter are eye-catching and have a strong grip on the base and create an interesting tension with the letters E, L and Z.
The Piet font has spread and today it is possible to download it to write different types of documents, and for expansion in the Nordic European market it becomes essential to at least have it as a reference. The Piet Sans and Piet Mono versions have four different widths that match the italics.
Functions of the Piet font and uses
All the Piet fonts They include all the configuration options of an ambitious OpenType font. They include everything from table options to fractions, subscripts, localized forms and stylistic alternatives. The main objective behind its appearance was that there could be a new style, combining the elegant and the practical, and with new alternatives for the font menu.
La Piet Mono ss02 version It already includes non-stretched letters that increase the overall appeal. The Piet Sans ss02 version is a little closer to the Mono style with semi serif. The intermediate point between the two is the new Piet ss03 version. Its capital letters with a more vertical design serve as a bridge uniting the different alternatives.
Piet's origins
The designer behind Piet is Nils Thomsen. At the beginning of 2024 he presented this new typography which are divided into 16 styles in 4 versions including italics. In total there are more than 500 symbols per font. It can be downloaded in OTF and TTF formats for desktop computers and also for apps. For use on web pages, download links for WOFF and WOFF2 are also included. These last two versions allow use as the main source to manage a website tailored to your needs.
Nils Thomsen is the co-founder of TypeMates. Since he was little he has been captivated by the world of graffiti, and that led to his interest in shapes and letters. Having completed his studies in Fine Arts, he has been presenting his creations to the world, fonts like Piet designed so that certain messages arrive in the most visually correct way, and with a unique personality.
The goals of TypeMates and Piet's contribution
Since co-founding TypeMates, Nils has been in charge of expanding the collection of fonts so that messages and communications can have a different visual imprint. His catalog of fonts is very varied. From Pensum Stencil and 9 Styles to Conto Slab and Meret.
Each of these fonts has its personality and target audience.. While Meret is a direct font, designed for newspapers and media outlets, to make their publications more attractive, in Mikkel you will find a more carefree, funny and even childish style.
The font designers like Nils they play a lot with their vast knowledge, their own tastes and what the user needs or demands. That is why its new proposal, the Piet font in Mono and Sans versions, combines seriousness and casualness. Depending on the version, you will find a font that can be easily adapted to both official documentation and a poster or a respectful but not solemn proposal for indication signs.
As is often the case, the best way to test the operation of fonts is using it for different messages. Based on the sensations it awakens, we can choose what type of messages, posters or written proposals to take forward.