Description
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On June 28, 2025 the BarrierefreiheitsstΓ€rkungsgesetz (BFSG) comes into force!
To ensure that accessibility looks and works well, there is a new variable font optimized for readability called βBarrierefrei Sansβ: 901 glyphs + 95 languages + 9 weights (Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, Heavy, Ultra) for Mac & Windows.
The font fulfills criteria such as:
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large x-height (supports reading at small font sizes)
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distinguishability of letterforms (dyslexia)
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large aperture/open spaces (optimizes legibility) ..
The variable typeface Barrierefrei Sans (accessibility) is designed from 2022β2024 (font-release 2025) for the font foundry Typo Graphic Design by the type designer Manuel Viergutz for optimized legibility and readability.
9 font-styles (Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, Heavy, Ultra) with 901 glyphs (Adobe Latin 3) for 95 languages (from Afrikaans to Zulu) inclusive 100+ icons like decorative extras, arrows, catch words, dingbats, emojis, symbols, geometric shapes (type the word #LOVE for β€ as OpenType-Feature dlig) and stylistic alternates (4 stylistic sets).
Characteristics of the font βBarrierefrei Sansβ are optimized legibility in the form of a large x-Height (easier to read at small sizes), an large apertures (lowercase letter βaβ or βeβ), a large counter (direct effect on a optimise legibility) and the distinctiveness of individual letter shapes facilitates quick recognition (l β I or O β 0).
For use in logos, packaging for drinks & food, magazines, posters, advertisement plus as webfont for decorative headlines. The font works best for text size & display size.
Have fun with this font & use the DEMO-FONT (with reduced glyph-set) FOR FREE!
Font SpeΒciΒfiΒcaΒtiΒons
β Product Category: Font, Vector
β Delivery: immediately (Download-Link)
β Font Name: Barrierefrei Sans
β Font Version: Version 1.003 (Update more glyphs and languages)
β Font Styles: 9 font-styles (Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, Heavy, Ultra) + DEMO (with reduced glyph-set)
β Font CateΒgory: Variable Sans Serif for headΒline size + text size
β Font ForΒmat: .otf (Mac + Win, for Print) + .woff (for Web) + OT TTFV (Variable Font)
β Glyph Set: 901 glyphs (Adobe Latin 3 inclusive decorative extras)
β LanΒguage SupΒport (95 languages): Afrikaans Albanian Asturian Asu Basque Bemba Bena Breton Catalan Chiga Colognian Cornish Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Embu English Esperanto Estonian Faroese Filipino Finnish French Friulian Galician German Gusii Greek Hawaiian Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Kabuverdianu Kalenjin Kamba Kikuyu Kinyarwanda Latvian Lithuanian Lower Sorbian Luo Luxembourgish Luyia Machame Makhuwa-Meetto Makonde Malagasy Maltese Manx Meru Morisyen North Ndebele Norwegian BokmΓ₯l Norwegian Nynorsk Nyankole Oromo Polish Portuguese Quechua Romanian Romansh Rombo Rundi Rwa Samburu Sango Sangu Scottish Gaelic Sena Serbian Shambala Shona Slovak Slovenian Soga Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Swiss German Taita Teso Tongan Turkish Upper Sorbian Uzbek (Latin) VolapΓΌk Vunjo Walser Welsh Western Frisian Zulu
β OpenType features (30): aalt case ccmp dlig dnom frac fwid hwid liga lnum numr onum ordn sinf ss01 ss02 ss03 ss04 subs sups zero kern mark mkmk
β Specials: Capital Letter Sharp S (German Versal Eszett U+1E9E) αΊ, Catchwords like AND, Emojis like Smiley βΊ, Symbols like Heart β₯οΈ, Variable Sans Serif Font
β Design Date: 2022β2024 (Font-Release 2025)
β Type DesiΒgner: Manuel Viergutz
Font Featured-In
SLANTED β Das GefΓΌhl Typografie
β‘οΈ https://www.slanted.de/slanted-barrierefrei-sans-variable-font/
PAGE Online | Neue Schrift Barrierefrei Sans
β‘οΈ https://page-online.de/typografie/barrierefrei-sans-neue-schrift-mit-eigenem-ansatz/
Type Specimen
β‘οΈ Info: Not only is the font designed to be barrier-free, also the Type-Specimens follow accessibility principles and are provided with high color contrast (WCAG/AA) and ALT texts.
