Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the letters T, o, n, o, and s in a sans serif upright style, with text reading “6 SCRIPTS”, “5 WEIGHTS”, “2 STYLES”, and “VARIABLE FONT”, and abstract shapes below.

Tonos Font Family

Tonos is a sans serif font family designed for UI and HMI contexts, supporting Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Thai. Its calligraphic heritage gives it a warm, humanistic quality carried across all scripts for harmony and legibility. Available in weights from Light to Bold with matching italics, two widths, and monospaced styles, Tonos also comes as a variable font with weight and width axes, offering versatility for functional yet engaging interface typography.

Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the letters T, o, n, o, and s in a sans serif upright style, with text reading “6 SCRIPTS”, “5 WEIGHTS”, “2 STYLES”, and “VARIABLE FONT”, and abstract shapes below.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the word “Tonos” in large sans serif letters, with smaller text “6 SCRIPTS”, “5 WEIGHTS”, “2 STYLES”, and “VARIABLE FONT”, and abstract shapes below
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the German eszett character in white and blue, both italic, on a dark background with diagonal stripes
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the words “Best Digital Reading Understanding” in a bold sans serif, with “for” and “and” in blue circles, and blue dots for the i’s.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the words “Gottfried Wilhelm” in upright sans serif, “Leibniz” in italic sans serif on a blue banner, and “1646-1716” on a smaller blue banner
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the large sans serif numbers 762.7 and the upright words “GRID SYSTEM” and italic words “Dynamic” overlaid on a grid of rectangles and diagonal lines
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the word “Logarithme” in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Thai, Cyrillic, and Hebrew scripts, with some letters highlighted in blue, all in an italic sans serif style.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — four phone-shaped panels displaying text in sans serif, with two panels on a blue background and two on a white background, each featuring a simple geometric line drawing.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — Arabic script in black sans serif letterforms, with a large blue abstract shape behind them.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the Thai word for “digital” in large blue sans serif letters with white diacritics, and a paragraph of smaller Thai text below
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the word “TONOS” and “CONSTRUCTION” in upright sans serif, with a large wireframe diagram of the number 9, showing bezier curves and control points
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the words “Quantisierung”, “Elektronisches”, “Abweichungen”, “Unterabtastung”, “Dynamikumfang”, and “Kommunikations” in white and black italic sans serif letters over a background of circuit diagrams.
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — five rows of italic sans serif binary numbers, alternating black and blue digits, with labels ‘LIGHT ITALIC’ through ‘BOLD ITALIC’
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — the uppercase letter A shown twice, once filled in blue with control points and once as a blue outline
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — a large blue Hebrew letter resh and five lines of Hebrew text in black and blue sans serif letters
Tonos font by Black[Foundry] — a sans serif text passage about negative numbers, with some words in blue and others in white, partially obscured by a white circle graphic
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Type design is wonderful!
The art of cross-cultural type design is a fascinating field that explores the intersection of typography and multilingualism. It involves designing typefaces that can be used across different languages and writing systems, while still maintaining their aesthetic and functional qualities. This requires a deep understanding of the unique features of each writing system, as well as the cultural context in which they are used. Cross-cultural type design is essential in today's globalized world, as it allows people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds to communicate effectively.
We notice type most when it's wrong. When something feels off. The spacing's tight, the voice is too loud, or it just doesn't match what's being said. But when the type is right, it gets out of the way — and helps the words do their job. It can give structure to ideas. It makes space for meaning. Typography isn't just about style. It's about the way we take in information. It adds rhythm to the reading experience. It tells us where to look first and what matters most. It makes content easier to follow, and in some cases, easier to trust. The tone comes through in the details — the shape of the letters, how they're spaced, the way one form leads to the next. Some typefaces feel quiet and careful. Others have energy. Some pull you in. Some stay out of the way. Choosing the right one is less about picking a look and more about finding a voice that fits what you want to say.That's why trying type in context matters. It's one thing to see a beautiful letter or a well-set specimen — but it's another thing to see how it handles your content. How it behaves when it's small. How it reads when it's big. How it feels with your own words.That's what this space is for. Try a headline. Paste a paragraph. Adjust the size, change the weight, type something unexpected. Some typefaces are built to be expressive. Others are made to stay flexible. The best ones hold up in all kinds of situations. They do the job without losing their character. Take a minute to experiment. You'll know when it feels right.
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Type design is wonderful!
The art of cross-cultural type design is a fascinating field that explores the intersection of typography and multilingualism. It involves designing typefaces that can be used across different languages and writing systems, while still maintaining their aesthetic and functional qualities. This requires a deep understanding of the unique features of each writing system, as well as the cultural context in which they are used. Cross-cultural type design is essential in today's globalized world, as it allows people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds to communicate effectively.
We notice type most when it's wrong. When something feels off. The spacing's tight, the voice is too loud, or it just doesn't match what's being said. But when the type is right, it gets out of the way — and helps the words do their job. It can give structure to ideas. It makes space for meaning. Typography isn't just about style. It's about the way we take in information. It adds rhythm to the reading experience. It tells us where to look first and what matters most. It makes content easier to follow, and in some cases, easier to trust. The tone comes through in the details — the shape of the letters, how they're spaced, the way one form leads to the next. Some typefaces feel quiet and careful. Others have energy. Some pull you in. Some stay out of the way. Choosing the right one is less about picking a look and more about finding a voice that fits what you want to say.That's why trying type in context matters. It's one thing to see a beautiful letter or a well-set specimen — but it's another thing to see how it handles your content. How it behaves when it's small. How it reads when it's big. How it feels with your own words.That's what this space is for. Try a headline. Paste a paragraph. Adjust the size, change the weight, type something unexpected. Some typefaces are built to be expressive. Others are made to stay flexible. The best ones hold up in all kinds of situations. They do the job without losing their character. Take a minute to experiment. You'll know when it feels right.
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Uppercase Letter Latin

Uppercase Letter Greek

Uppercase Letter Cyrillic

Lowercase Letter Latin

Lowercase Letter

Lowercase Letter Greek

Lowercase Letter Cyrillic

Titlecase Letter Latin

Modifier Letter

Modifier Letter Thai

Other Letter Latin

Letter Hebrew

Letter Arabic

Letter Thai

Enclosing Mark Cyrillic

Nonspacing Mark Inherited

Nonspacing Mark Cyrillic

Nonspacing Mark Hebrew

Nonspacing Mark Arabic

Nonspacing Mark Thai

Decimal Number

Decimal Number Arabic

Decimal Number Thai

Other Number

Connector Punctuation

Dash Punctuation

Dash Punctuation Hebrew

Close Punctuation

Final Punctuation

Initial Punctuation

Other Punctuation

Punctuation Hebrew

Punctuation Arabic

Punctuation Thai

Open Punctuation

Currency Symbol

Currency Symbol Arabic

Modifier Symbol

Modifier Symbol Greek

Modifier Symbol Arabic

Math Symbol

Other Symbol

Symbol Cyrillic

Symbol Arabic

Required Ligatures

Ligatures

Stylistic Alternates

Stylistic Set 1

Fractions

Lining Figures

Ordinals

Scientific Inferiors

Superscript

Numerators

Denominators

Case-Sensitive Forms

Glyph Composition

Initial Forms

Medial Forms

Final Forms

Isolated Forms

Credits & Details

Designed by

Jérémie Hornus, Jean Baptiste Morizot, Gaëtan Baehr, Elliott Amblard, Théo Guillard, Alisa Nowak

Language Support

Language Support

  • Arabic
  • Belarusian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese Pinyin
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Fula
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Kazakh
  • Latvian
  • Macedonian
  • Malay
  • Maltese
  • Norwegian
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese

Features

OpenType Features

  • Common Ligatures
  • Fractions
  • Lining Numerals
  • Ordinal Numerals
  • Stylistic Alternates
  • Stylistic Sets
  • Superscript
  • Tabular Numerals