Proxima Soft - Get In Touch With Your Softer Side
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Ahh, Proxima Nova, the font that
launched a thousand websites. Mark Simonson’s superstar font is ubiquitous with
website and app redesigns, and you’ve seen it more than you even realize. In the
time since its growing popularity, Mark has not remained idle though. He took
the small four font Proxima Soft family, an offshoot of the main family designed
years ago for Myfonts, and revamped it into its own superfamily.
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Pick
up the 16 font family for
$254
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While I could sing Proxima Nova’s praises all day
(and regularly do so), let’s leave Proxima Soft’s big brother behind, and talk about this
font family on its own merits. So, what is it that Proxima Soft uniquely brings to the
table? It is a round font that thinks it’s a text sans. Let’s unpack what I mean by that,
but first, what ISN’T Proxima Soft?
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Typically, you see round fonts in one of two ways.
First, you get a copy of the original font with slightly rounded edges. From far away, these
changes can be hard to spot as they are very minimal. On the other end of the spectrum, you
get very round fonts that work in completely different designs, but they’re limited to a few
weights with only a handful of extra features. Proxima Soft is neither of these.
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What you get with Proxima Soft is a distinct
looking round font that would never be confused for Proxima Nova by even those most
unfamiliar with fonts. Additionally, Mark included all the extra features he put into
Proxima Nova, including alternate characters, extensive language support, arbitrary
fractions, proportional and tabular figures, and more!
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This means, you can use Proxima Soft
anywhere you like, without being limited by a smaller character or style set.
Want some thin weights for your movie title? You got it. How about some fun
chunky weights to advertise your kids toys? You have that, too. Take a look
below at the weather poster we created. Having this wide range of weights at our
fingertips, we could clearly show highs and lows, then distinguish between
different factors because this font family offers such a great variety of
weights to work with.
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If that wasn’t enough, there’s a whole
Condensed and Extra Condensed family to work with as well, giving you a whopping
48 fonts in total. Created by a master of his craft with a reputation to back it
up, this font family offers the flexibility of a full featured text family while
combining the look and feel of a fully rounded display font. That’s what you get
with Proxima Soft, a useful tool for any designer, big or small.
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Grab
the 16 font family for
$254
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