{"id":5487,"date":"2026-01-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:00:27","slug":"cassis-a-typeface-as-tasty-as-a-kir-royale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/cassis-a-typeface-as-tasty-as-a-kir-royale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassis: A Typeface as Tasty as a Kir Royale"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks after graduating from TypeMedia<\/a> in The Hague, Nina St\u00f6ssinger did what many type designers do after finishing a complex thesis: she reset. It was September 2014, on a trip through Norway, and she started drawing a new sans serif\u2014something simpler, fresher, and more instinctive than the uncommon text serif she\u2019d just completed. That sketch became Cassis, a geometric sans with a rare quality in its category: personality.<\/p>\n

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Beginnings of the typeface that became Cassis: drawing type in transit, September 2014; carving an early version of the capitals in stone, The Hague, 2015<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the beginning, St\u00f6ssinger envisioned a face that was geometric but not cold\u2014open, crisp, dense, and cheerful, with curves that feel dynamic rather than engineered. Its key signature is in the details: vertically cut curve terminals, which add sharpness and forward motion, and proportions that are generously wide yet compact enough to stay practical in slightly larger sizes.<\/p>\n

The roots of Cassis trace back to an earlier trip to Antwerp, where St\u00f6ssinger was captivated not by museum relics but by the city\u2019s blue enameled street signs. Their geometric capitals weren\u2019t precious or typographically \u201ccorrect\u201d\u2014they were engineered shapes with literal geometry, rough execution, and quirky optical decisions that created unexpected charm. The signs also featured those vertically sliced terminals, a small move with big energy.<\/p>\n

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Two generations of Antwerp street signs. The examples on the left, made of enameled sheet metal, go back to the 1940s and 50s. The newer, rougher variants on the right temper some of the width proportions and introduce vertical cuts on curve terminals. (Photos by Nina St\u00f6ssinger)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Over years of development, Cassis\u2019 character coalesced around ideas of gesturality and density, rather than charming historical forms.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cassis draws from that same tension: geometry meeting grit. It also sneaks in gesture. Alongside European signage memories are American influences\u2014commercial lettering, sign painting, even echoes of Antique Olive in its slightly unconventional contrast, pushing just far enough beyond neutral to feel animated.<\/p>\n

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Related styles in signpainting and typeface design: Sho\u2019card Gothic, Speedball Text Book, 1941; Madison, Photo-Lettering, 1950<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now released through Frere-Jones Type, Cassis is designed to project affable confidence and offer compelling density at larger sizes; it presents swelling curves, reaching terminals, and a teetering balance of stroke weights, which infuse its geometric underpinnings with plenty of flavor. A powerful voice for branding, identity, and titling work, Cassis is presented in seven weights from a spare Thin through a forceful Black.<\/p>\n

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Cassis family, January 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cassis is designed to project affable confidence and offer compelling density at larger sizes; it presents swelling curves, reaching terminals, and a teetering balance of stroke weights, which infuse its geometric underpinnings with plenty of flavor. Cassis reads like a geometric sans serif that stopped trying to be perfect\u2014and became much more interesting because of it. <\/p>\n

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