Astilbe
Astilbe is a versatile humanistic sans-serif font that, despite its utilitarian design, aims to exude warmth and accessibility.
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✑ About Astilbe
Astilbe is a versatile humanist sans-serif that balances everyday utility with a gentle, welcoming presence. Its shapes are rooted in broad-nib calligraphy, carrying the quiet rhythm and softness of handwritten forms. These influences give the family an approachable, natural tone that feels warm without becoming informal, and clear without feeling engineered.
Designed for environments where legibility and personality need to coexist, Astilbe adapts gracefully across identities, publications, signage, and digital interfaces. Its open proportions and steady flow make it comfortable at both text and display sizes.
The family spans 18 styles, from Hairline to Black with matching italics, offering a wide expressive range for nuanced typographic voice.
Astilbe is the refined evolution of Elba, a project first developed in 2016 at Type@Cooper in New York, now shaped into a more mature, cohesive family.
This project includes
2 fonts + variable, 18 styles
Designer
Gen Ramírez
Version
1.0, November 2025
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Available formats
Character Set
Language Coverage
With diacritics: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Italian, Javanese, French, Turkish, Filipino, Polish, Indonesian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Northern Uzbek, Romanian, West Central Oromo, Malagasy, Dutch, Tagalog, Northern Kurdish, Haitian, Hungarian, Nyanja, Czech, Uighur, Kikuyu, Quechua, Swedish, Serbian, Umbundu , Iloko, Ganda, Central Kurdish, Afrikaans, Tiv, Low German, Turkmen, Makhuwa, Danish, Neapolitan, Croatian, Southern Sotho, Wolof, Finnish, Slovak, Tswana, Belarusian, Swiss German, Pedi, Sicilian, Eastern Oromo, Norwegian, Catalan, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Kamba (Kenya), Lombard, Venetian, Achinese, Gheg Albanian, Balinese, Yao, Bosnian, Lithuanian, Waray (Philippines), Slovenian, K'iche', Goan Konkani, Northern Qiandong Miao, Soninke, Southern Qiandong Miao, Meru, Tosk Albanian, Standard Latvian, Central Aymara, Southern Aymara, Bini, Galician, Acholi, Tonga (Zambia), Anaang, Sardinian, Dimli (individual language), Mandinka, Bashkir, Guadeloupean Creole French, Standard Estonian, Khasi, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Gourmanchéma, Kabuverdianu, Kekchí, Occitan, Uab Meto, Yucateco, Pontic Greek, Bari, Basque, Picard, Piemontese, Welsh, Chavacano, Konzo, Friulian, Ossetian, Walloon, Crimean Tatar, Maltese, Samoan, Silesian, Ligurian, Western Frisian, Sango, Zapotec, Tzeltal, Jola-Fonyi, Tzotzil, Efik, Luxembourgish, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Papiamento, Icelandic, Embu, Wayuu, Mandjak, Mapudungun, Kölsch, Macedo-Romanian, Kaonde, Montenegrin, Breton, Latgalian, Garifuna, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Huastec, Mískito, Irish, Gagauz, Mezquital Otomi, Sranan Tongo, Corsican, Purepecha, Kashubian, Arbëreshë Albanian, Saramaccan, Võro, Atayal, Papantla Totonac, Mankanya, Sangu (Tanzania), Blin, Faroese, Tahitian, Orma, Páez, Chamorro, Kalaallisut, Scottish Gaelic, Marshallese, Aguaruna, Chuukese, Arvanitika Albanian, Maori, Romansh, Ga'anda, Ladin, Central Nahuatl, Ojitlán Chinantec, Karelian, Asháninka, Northern Sami, Shuar, Pijin, Walser, Rarotongan, Acheron, Northwestern Ojibwa, Kaingang, Palauan, Mirandese, Dehu, Upper Sorbian, Aragonese . Show more
ASCII-only: English, Swahili (individual language), Malay (individual language), Amahuaca, Gan Chinese, Cebuano, Somali, Zulu, Shona, Kinyarwanda, Hiligaynon, Rundi, Kalenjin, Xhosa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Luba-Lulua, Kongo, Minangkabau, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Bemba (Zambia), Buginese, Tsonga, Banjar, Soga, Nyankole, Jamaican Creole English, Swati, Gusii, Kimbundu , Afar, Pampanga, Hani, Batak Toba, Chiga, North Ndebele, Sena, Tumbuka, Makonde, Batak Dairi, Batak Simalungun, Batak Mandailing, Ngazidja Comorian, South Ndebele, Morisyen, Chokwe, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Ndonga, Bena (Tanzania), Kuanyama, Nobiin, Shambala, Asu (Tanzania), Batak Karo, Ladino, Taita, Tedim Chin, Fijian, Samburu, Amis, Caribbean Hindustani, Maore Comorian, Gilbertese, Tok Pisin, Makwe, Mwani, Bikol, Seselwa Creole French, Andaandi, Kenzi, Naga Pidgin, Pohnpeian, Shipibo-Conibo, Alekano . Show more
Data from: Hyperglot by RosettaType
Available formats
Character Set
Language Coverage
With diacritics: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Italian, Javanese, French, Turkish, Filipino, Polish, Indonesian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Northern Uzbek, Romanian, West Central Oromo, Malagasy, Dutch, Tagalog, Northern Kurdish, Haitian, Hungarian, Nyanja, Czech, Uighur, Kikuyu, Quechua, Swedish, Serbian, Umbundu , Iloko, Ganda, Central Kurdish, Afrikaans, Tiv, Low German, Turkmen, Makhuwa, Danish, Neapolitan, Croatian, Southern Sotho, Wolof, Finnish, Slovak, Tswana, Belarusian, Swiss German, Pedi, Sicilian, Eastern Oromo, Norwegian, Catalan, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Kamba (Kenya), Lombard, Venetian, Achinese, Gheg Albanian, Balinese, Yao, Bosnian, Lithuanian, Waray (Philippines), Slovenian, K'iche', Goan Konkani, Northern Qiandong Miao, Soninke, Southern Qiandong Miao, Meru, Tosk Albanian, Standard Latvian, Central Aymara, Southern Aymara, Bini, Galician, Acholi, Tonga (Zambia), Anaang, Sardinian, Dimli (individual language), Mandinka, Bashkir, Guadeloupean Creole French, Standard Estonian, Khasi, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Gourmanchéma, Kabuverdianu, Kekchí, Occitan, Uab Meto, Yucateco, Pontic Greek, Bari, Basque, Picard, Piemontese, Welsh, Chavacano, Konzo, Friulian, Ossetian, Walloon, Crimean Tatar, Maltese, Samoan, Silesian, Ligurian, Western Frisian, Sango, Zapotec, Tzeltal, Jola-Fonyi, Tzotzil, Efik, Luxembourgish, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Papiamento, Icelandic, Embu, Wayuu, Mandjak, Mapudungun, Kölsch, Macedo-Romanian, Kaonde, Montenegrin, Breton, Latgalian, Garifuna, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Huastec, Mískito, Irish, Gagauz, Mezquital Otomi, Sranan Tongo, Corsican, Purepecha, Kashubian, Arbëreshë Albanian, Saramaccan, Võro, Atayal, Papantla Totonac, Mankanya, Sangu (Tanzania), Blin, Faroese, Tahitian, Orma, Páez, Chamorro, Kalaallisut, Scottish Gaelic, Marshallese, Aguaruna, Chuukese, Arvanitika Albanian, Maori, Romansh, Ga'anda, Ladin, Central Nahuatl, Ojitlán Chinantec, Karelian, Asháninka, Northern Sami, Shuar, Pijin, Walser, Rarotongan, Acheron, Northwestern Ojibwa, Kaingang, Palauan, Mirandese, Dehu, Upper Sorbian, Aragonese . Show more
ASCII-only: English, Swahili (individual language), Malay (individual language), Amahuaca, Gan Chinese, Cebuano, Somali, Zulu, Shona, Kinyarwanda, Hiligaynon, Rundi, Kalenjin, Xhosa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Luba-Lulua, Kongo, Minangkabau, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Bemba (Zambia), Buginese, Tsonga, Banjar, Soga, Nyankole, Jamaican Creole English, Swati, Gusii, Kimbundu , Afar, Pampanga, Hani, Batak Toba, Chiga, North Ndebele, Sena, Tumbuka, Makonde, Batak Dairi, Batak Simalungun, Batak Mandailing, Ngazidja Comorian, South Ndebele, Morisyen, Chokwe, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Ndonga, Bena (Tanzania), Kuanyama, Nobiin, Shambala, Asu (Tanzania), Batak Karo, Ladino, Taita, Tedim Chin, Fijian, Samburu, Amis, Caribbean Hindustani, Maore Comorian, Gilbertese, Tok Pisin, Makwe, Mwani, Bikol, Seselwa Creole French, Andaandi, Kenzi, Naga Pidgin, Pohnpeian, Shipibo-Conibo, Alekano . Show more
Data from: Hyperglot by RosettaType