The Seabirds is an homage to the historical legacy of lineals, combining different sub-genres of the sans-serif category within a single typeface.

The project emerged through the study of book covers from the first half of the 20th century—particularly those crafted in the 1930s for the renowned publisher Albatross. They were featuring new and “modern” sans-serifs, most probably contributing to their growing world-wide popularity. Initially conceived as a revival of several well-known typefaces, the evolution of this project involved numerous redesigns to thoroughly appropriate and refine forms that have contributed to the History of Typography. The references that inspired the Seabirds are ultimately plural, diverse, and harmoniously blended for a consistent and contemporary design.

The default set is predominantly geometrical, while the use of OpenType stylistic sets enables a transition from orthogonal to flat terminals, guiding the design to a more humanistic style. The uppercases maintain proportions reminiscent of classic Roman capitals, while revisions to the lowercases have been made to achieve a more balanced and cohesive rhythm. The ratio between ascender height and x-height is deliberately generous to ensure a convincing legibility in body text.

The undeniable value of this project lies in its extensive Latin glyphs set. This means that in addition to the common languages of European origin (which are generally supported in the Western world), the Seabirds covers Vietnamese and languages of African and American origin which use the latin script. To meet the needs of linguists, teachers, academics and researchers, a particular attention has been given to developing phonetic and latin transliteration signs as well.

The name of the typeface, Seabirds, evokes the origins of this project, but also those who travel by land, air or sea.

Latin uppercases
Latin lowercases
Accented uppercases
Accented lowercases
Standard punctuation
Caps punctuation
Proportional lining figures (default)
Tabular lining figures
Proportional old style figures
Tabular old style figures
Prebuild & automatic fractions
Superiors/inferiors
Nominators/denominators
Ordinals
Modifier letters
Symbols & mathematical signs
Standard ligatures
Ornaments
Arrows + circled (SS01)
Tabular arrows (SS02)
Single storey a (SS03)
Single storey g (SS04)
Geometric j t u (ss05)
l with tail (ss06)
Humanistic terminals (ss07)
I serif (ss08)
Alternate tone chinese (ss09)
Vietnamese stacked marks (ss10)
Humanistic numbers (ss11)
Humanistic punctuation (ss12)