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FF Real™ Text font family

Designed by  Erik Spiekermann in 2015 and Ralph du Carrois in 2015 and Anja Meiners in 2020

Up to 65 Typefaces / 3 Value Packs
Supports at least 33 languages (Pro / OT CFF)

Available licenses for all styles:

Supports up to 75 languages.

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Supports up to 30 OpenType features.

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FF Real was originally conceived by Erik Spiekermann as one text weight and one headline weight to be used as the only faces in his biography ‘Hello I am Erik’, edited by Johannes Erler, published in 2014. While Spiekermann drew the alphabets, he passed on the font data to Ralph du Carrois who cleaned it up and completed it. In the meantime FF Real has been extended to a family of two styles and 13 weights each.
The design of FF Real is rooted in early static grotesques from the turn of the century. Several German type foundries – among them the Berlin-based foundries Theinhardt and H. Berthold AG – released such designs between 1898 and 1908. The semi-bold weight of a poster-size typeface that was lighter than most of the according semi-bolds in metal type at the time, gave the impetus to FF Real’s regular weight. In the words of Spiekermann, the historical example is “the real, non-fake version, as it were, the royal sans serif face“, thus giving his new typeface the name “Real” (which is also in keeping with his four-letter names, i.e. FF Meta, FF Unit).
FF Real is a convincing re-interpretation of the German grotesque style, but with much more warmth and improved legibility. With a hint towards the warmer American grotesques, Spiekermann added those typical Anglo-American features such as a three-story ‘g’ and an ‘8’ with a more defined loop. To better distinguish characters in small text sizes, FF Real Text comes in old style figures, ‘f’ and ‘t’ are wider, the capital ‘I’ is equipped with serifs, as is the lowercase ‘l’. What’s more, i-dots and all punctuation are round.
In Spiekermann’s biography FF Real Text has proven to endure all challenges of a proper text face without an italic, while FF Real Head cuts a fine figure in larger sizes with a more reduced look.

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FF Real™ Text Pro Black

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FF Real™ Text Pro Black Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Bold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Bold Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Book

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FF Real™ Text Pro Book Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Demibold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Demibold Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extrabold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extrabold Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extralight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extralight Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Hairline

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FF Real™ Text Pro Hairline Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Light

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FF Real™ Text Pro Light Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Medium

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FF Real™ Text Pro Medium Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Regular

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FF Real™ Text Pro Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Semilight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Semilight Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Thin

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FF Real™ Text Pro Thin Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Ultralight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Ultralight Italic

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FF Real™ Text Pro Black Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Bold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Book Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Demibold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extrabold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Extralight Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Hairline Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Light Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Medium Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Regular Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Semilight Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Thin Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Ultralight Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Black

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Black Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Bold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Bold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Book

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Book Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed DemiBold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed DemiBold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed ExtraBold

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed ExtraBold Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed ExtraLight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed ExtraLight Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Hairline

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Hairline Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Light

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Light Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Medium

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From US$ 49.99
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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Medium Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Oblique

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From US$ 49.99
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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed SemiLight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed SemiLight Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Thin

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed Thin Oblique

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed UltraLight

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FF Real™ Text Pro Condensed UltraLight Oblique

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