Grotesque sans · Designed by Maren Holt and Idris Okafor · 2026
Tallis Grotesk
A grotesque with a width axis from condensed to normal, drawn for wayfinding, posters and interfaces.
- Styles
- 6
- Glyphs
- 304
- Axes
- Weight, Width
- Formats
- OTF, TTF, WOFF2
Type tester
Click the proof and type. Your text carries over to the other families.
Platform 4 · Departures 21:40
Styles
6 styles, plus width in the variable file
- Light300
- Regular400
- Medium500
- SemiBold600
- Bold700
- ExtraBold800
Sizes
Regular, from 96 to 11 px
- 96
- 72
- 48
- 32
- 24
- 18
- 14
- 11
Regular · 20/30 px
Tallis Grotesk was commissioned for station signs, where one word has to fit a fixed panel and another must still read from forty meters away. The width axis runs from condensed to normal without changing the weight, so a long station name can narrow while the short ones stay open.
15/23 px
Tallis Grotesk was commissioned for station signs, where one word has to fit a fixed panel and another must still read from forty meters away. The width axis runs from condensed to normal without changing the weight, so a long station name can narrow while the short ones stay open.
Glyphs
304 glyphs per style; a selection below. Latin: Western, Central and Northern European languages
OpenType features
Off on the left, on on the right. In CSS: font-feature-settings.
Tabular figures
tnumFractions
fracCase-sensitive forms
case
Licenses
The tier chosen in the buy box is marked. Full license terms.
Desktop
Install the fonts on computers to set print, documents, logos, images and video.
- Up to 5 computers in one company
- Print, packaging, logos and still images
- Video and broadcast titles
- No limit on print runs
Web
Self-host the WOFF2 files on your own websites and web apps.
- One domain and its subdomains
- Up to 250,000 page views a month
- Files on your own server or CDN
- Staging and preview sites included
App
Embed the fonts inside one mobile, desktop or game app.
- One app title on any platforms
- Fonts compiled into the app bundle
- Up to 50,000 installs; ask beyond that
- Updates to the same title included
About Tallis Grotesk
Signs are a hard test for type: fixed panels, long names, viewing from an angle and at speed. Tallis Grotesk answers with a width axis from 75 to 100. Drag the Width slider in the tester to watch a line narrow without getting lighter.
The shapes are plain on purpose. Apertures are open, the 1 and l and I are told apart, and the figures are tabular by default in the app files so departure times line up.
This site uses Tallis for its own headings. The Regular package includes one style for desktop or web; the family adds six weights and the variable file with both axes.
- Classification
- Grotesque sans
- Styles
- 6 styles, variable
- Designer
- Maren Holt and Idris Okafor
- Released
- 2026
- Glyphs
- 304
- Languages
- Latin: Western, Central and Northern European languages
- Features
- Tabular figures, Fractions, Case-sensitive forms
- Formats
- OTF, TTF, WOFF2
- Version
- 1.0
Demo font: the tester on this page uses Bricolage Grotesque (Copyright 2022 The Bricolage Grotesque Project Authors) under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.