Project Playpen Sans Agency TypeTogether Year 2024 Award Gold

Playpen Sans

A font family in which technological excellence meets casual handwriting: comes in eight weights, all with emojis, a variable font version, and support for over 150 languages.

A general tension in the font world is that handwritten text should feel slightly inconsistent, while digital typefaces are intended to be uniform. So what’s the goal of a typeface that is both casual in look and digital in nature? To appear authentically spontaneous.

This typeface solves these problems with seven versions of each character and a built-in shuffler so no single shape is repeated nearby. The result is text with believable inconsistencies that feel fun and organic... all the benefits of a modern, pro typeface that looks human, naturally.

The family was made for all users and to shine within short, informal settings: greeting cards and invitations, casual signs and documents, and of course children’s books, educational materials, and graphic novels.

Credits

Art Director
Veronika Burian, Laura Meseguer, José Scaglione
Designer
Veronika Burian, Laura Meseguer, José Scaglione, Yorlmar Campos, Fernando Pujolá
Emoji designers
Luciana Sottini, Cecilia Brarda
Category 502 Original Typeface - Display Client Google Fonts Country Czech Republic