Styles
Light, Regular, Bold, Ultrabold
Designer
Alessio Pompadura
Plat Mono is a modern and rational monospaced typeface, available in 4 styles (Light, Regular, Bold and Ultrabold). With a large x-height and sharp terminals, its construction uses monolinear geometric modules that repeat uniformly within a pre-established parametric system. Glyph heights, stroke widths, overshoots values as well as spacing are based on a grid of 10 unites. The extreme approach to the geometry of the typeface becomes apparent as its typographical weight increases. Increasing in value up to Ultrabold weight there are some collisions between stems and strokes. This generate black spots in some glyphs which stress the concept of the letter, moving them more towards the shape and adding tension within the type composition. Plat Mono offers a range of stylistic sets which allow, even by mixing them together, to generate different graphic outputs. From the set which removes the slab serifs giving the typeface a more grotesk appeal, to that of the perfectly circular bowls in the lowercase, to the semi-mono set which uses wider capital letters that more closely match their original proportions (C, G, M, O, Q, W). All these characteristics make it suitable for a wide range of uses, from purely body text use in its smaller weights (Light and Regular) to a more display use in the larger weights, especially the Ultrabold. Plat Mono covers the Latin Extended-A block.