Brother 1816 – Celebratory Sans Serif Revival

Brother 1816 – Celebratory Sans Serif Revival

View & Purchase Brother 1816

Important Notice
Brother 1816 is a premium commercial font and is not available for free download on Kreativ Font. To use it legally in personal or commercial projects, purchase it from an official marketplace.

Brother 1816 is a Sans Serif typeface from Fernando Díaz, Ignacio Corbo, published by TipoType.

Why you should consider Brother 1816

Marking the 200th anniversary of the first sans-serif typeface, Brother 1816 by Fernando Díaz and Ignacio Corbo presents a large family that thoughtfully reinterprets early sans-serif characteristics. Published by Tipotype, this collection offers 32 styles including thin to black weights, italics, and a printed-text variant, making it a comprehensive toolkit for modern communication.

Visual character

Brother 1816 stands out for its crisp geometric letterforms balanced with open counters that enhance readability. The italics possess a subtle angle and refined stroke contrast, adding dynamism without sacrificing clarity. The family’s printed style variants introduce slight texture reminiscent of early 19th-century type, creating contrast within same-family usage.

Best use cases

• High-impact poster headlines emphasizing clarity
• Clean and functional web typography requiring multiple weights
• App UI interfaces benefiting from neutral yet distinctive text styles

Font pairing ideas

• Pair with a humanist serif like Merriweather to bring warmth and readability to body text when used with Brother 1816 headlines.
• Combine with a monospaced font such as Fira Mono to create a technical-modern contrast for coding apps or digital documentation.
• Use alongside a script font like Pacifico sparingly for decorative accents that soften the mechanical feel of Brother 1816 while maintaining legibility.

Font Features

• 32 styles including weights from Thin to Black
• Italic styles available for all weights
• Full set of OpenType glyphs with Unicode support

What’s Included

• Complete family of 32 fonts
• Webfont and desktop licensing options

Pricing

• Individual styles starting at $19.00 USD
• Complete family package available for $249.00 USD

Font details

• Font Style: Sans Serif
• Font Mood: Modern, Minimal, and Bold
• Font Use Case: Poster, Web, and App UI
• Designer: Fernando Díaz and Ignacio Corbo
• Foundry: Tipotype
• Contains 32 styles including printed variants and italics (Source: Brother 1816 contains 32 styles and family package options.)
• Family includes Thin, Light, Book, Regular, Medium, Bold, Extra Bold, Black weights (Source: Brother 1816 Thin ▲ Brother 1816 Thin Brother 1816 Thin Italic Brother 1816 Light Brother 1816 Light Italic Brother 1816 Book Brother 1816 Book Italic Brother 1816 Regular Brother 1816 Regular Italic Brother 1816 Medium Brother 1816 Medium Italic Brother 1816 Bold Brother 1816 Bold Italic Brother 1816 Extra Bold Brother 1816 Extra Bold Italic Brother 1816 Black Brother 1816 Black Italic Brother 1816 Printed Thin Brother 1816 Printed Thin Italic Brother 1816 Printed Light Brother 1816 Printed Light Italic Brother 1816 Printed Book Brother 1816 Printed Book Italic Brother 1816 Printed Regular Brother 1816 Printed Regular Italic Brother 1816 Printed Medium Brother 1816 Printed Medium Italic Brother 1816 Printed Bold Brother 1816 Printed Bold Italic Brother 1816 Printed Extra Bold Brother 1816 Printed Extra Bold Italic Brother 1816 Printed Black Brother 1816 Printed Black Italic Brother 1816 Thin – Glyph count:)