Designer: Laura
WorthingtonI wanted to develop my own sans-serif typeface for my web website to complement the rest of my type library, so I designed Congenial as a downplayed, extremely readable complement to my more decorative screen deals with. Of course, I'm never far from my calligraphic roots, so Congenial keeps some hand-drawn elements, noticeable particularly in the heavier weights of this generous 10-face family: for example, the swelling diagonal stroke of the capital X, and the flared terminals of the K, L, Q, and Z. At lighter weights the strokes become almost monoline, however the humanist tendency is still apparent-- see the elegant, distinctly non-geometric curves of the k, e, and g.
As befits its name, Congenial is a friendly and inviting confront with a generous x-height and extremely separated characters. In reality, look closely and you won't see a sharp, modernist edge anywhere. Like a perfect host, Congenial draws little attention to herself, yet she's set up whatever for effortless comfort-- so you can focus on interacting whatever you need to say.
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