Mainboard

They’re worlds apart—or so it seems: sports and computing, automotive and AI, transportation and research. But one thing runs like a golden thread through all these industries: the constant pursuit of speed and progress. More FLOPS, more bytes, more miles per hour. Faster, better, stronger.

The Mainboard superfamily is the Identity Letters approach to expressing these ambitions by means of typography. Mainboard is a sleek sans-serif typeface equally suited to embodying peak performance in technological and physical fields. Its pleasant proportions have been carefully adjusted for great results in display and text sizes alike. This sets it apart from many competitors in this genre, which tend to falter when set small.

The trademark feature of Mainboard is its distinct lack of spurs: lowercase letters such as “g”, “n”, and “r“ gain a smooth, almost aerodynamic appearance. This forward-looking personality has been carefully extended to all other characters, even those that come innately without spurs, by gently smoothing curves whenever appropriate.

With on-screen usage in mind, Mainboard has been conceived as a humanist sans with generous apertures. This ensures easy legibility in all resolutions. The rectangular dots are a nod to the “technical” perception of spurless fonts in popular culture. They also facilitate correct rendering even on coarse device displays and in minuscule printing on a PCB board. The dual nature of the font family shows in large sizes. Court banners, stadium-sized dasher boards, or the entire side of a team truck might sport larger-than-life Mainboard letters and make their dynamic curvature shine.

Whether you’re going for an AI project, a computing brand, reports in high-tech research, a transportation or automative campaign, or cutting-edge sports publishing: with Mainboard, you have a trusted partner that is as reliable under the hood as on its dynamic surface.

The family of 16 fonts (8 weights plus italics) is equipped with 600+ glyphs and lets you fine-tune its flair by toggling various stylistic sets. You can switch to a one-story “a”, simple “l”, curved ”r”, and straight “y”. Among its various figure sets, you’ll find circled and boxed ones, accompanied by their respective counterparts in the arrows section. Of course, any computer-oriented or sports-related design also needs an optional slashed zero for better character distinction in passwords, code, and model numbers.

For stylish competition results tables and for dashing code, you’ll want to try Mainboard Mono. It’s the monospaced sibling and pairs perfectly with Mainboard. This winning combination might give you the edge over those runner-ups breathing down your neck.

If speed or progress, high tech or high performance, technology or sports are your home turf, the Mainboard superfamily will be your tool of choice. It’ll help you stay smart and communicate clearly while you‘re chasing world records or coding the future.