This is 'Pen,' a typeface created by independent typeface maker DDOTT in collaboration with Morula. Designed by Dominique Thiem\u00e9 and Valerio Monopoli, the first version was released in September 2026. When a pen nib pauses briefly on paper, ink pools in that spot. Pen transferred the small stains created at this moment into the letters.<\/p>\n
The basic structure of the letters was derived from the standardized drafting script used during the industrialization period. The stroke thickness was maintained consistently according to the method of writing on blueprints with a rounded pen nib. Neo-grotesque forms were applied to the skeletal structure of the letters. Visual correction to adjust the thickness of each stroke was also omitted.<\/p>\n
The size and shape of the ink marks vary for each character. The basic form, Pen, features small marks, while the marks in Pen XX are larger. Pen, Pen X, and Pen XX each feature six weights and corresponding italics, comprising a total of 36 styles. When you enable OpenType, you can switch to alternative forms derived from the handwriting of Herbert Bayer, Paul Renner, and Andr\u00e9 G\u00fcrtler.<\/p>\n
The separate 'Pen Twinline' family draws a single stroke as two lines. It is available in 40\u201340, which applies the same thickness to both lines, and 40\u2013140, which applies different thicknesses. The SVG version removes ink marks, leaving only the path the nib follows. This path can be used to draw text on paper with a pen plotter, or for laser cutting and engraving.<\/p>\n
DDOTT also produced 120 copies of a print sample book introducing this typeface, 'Archive02 \u2013 Pen'. The 19-page booklet contains a single print drawn by a pen plotter. The traces left by the pen as it moved and stopped differ in each print.<\/p>\n\n