F Y o Y r Y m Y a Y

D Y J Y R Y

M Y o Y n Y o Y

Forma DJR Mono brings the warmth of Nebiolo’s 1968 classic sans serif, Forma, to the cold, sterile world of monospace typography.

Spearheaded by Ruggero Magrì, the typeface reconsiders DJR’s revival of Forma for use on a monospace grid. At the same time, it preserves the subtly rounded corners and tapered stems that evoke the physicality of ink on paper that Roger Black sought to preserve when he commissioned the revival.

In order to get every letter to occupy the same space, a monospace font distorts the proportions of the alphabet as if it were reflected in a funhouse mirror. Narrow letters like i and r are forced to be artificially wide, and wide letters like m and w are squeezed into the space. In a typeface design that is all about balance and order, Magrì’s challenge was to mitigate the effects of this stretching and squashing.

Following its proportionally-spaced cousin, Forma DJR Mono embodies the cleanliness and precision of midcentury design but tempers it with subtle imperfections that come from its origins in metal type. Monospaced typography was shaped by typewriters and early digital displays, but Forma DJR Mono is not a distressed typewriter font nor is it a purely digital creation. It exists somewhere in-between.

Forma DJR was originally designed for magazine use, but designers quickly started using it as a multipurpose sans serif in everything from corporate identities to comics. So a monospaced companion was a natural next step for the family, for use in tables, code snippets, secondary text, and other moments where you want to stay on brand but just need a slightly different tone of voice. The family encompasses Forma DJR’s entire range of weights from Hairline to Black, with Italics and special unserifed alternates for f and r.

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P L h L i L l L a L d L e L l L p L h L i L a L

2 l h l r l l L l A l T l E l

2 l

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W L a L s L h L i L n L g L t L o L n L

B l O l A l R l D l I l N l G l

3 l

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N L e L w L L O L r L l L e L a L n L s L

I l N l l 1 l 0 l M l I l N l

9 l

1 l 3 l : l 0 l 0 l

N L e L w L L Y L o L r L k L

O l N l l T l I l M l E l

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P L h L i L l L a L d L e L l L p L h L i L a L

2 l h l r l l L l A l T l E l

2 l

1 l 2 l : l 1 l 0 l

W L a L s L h L i L n L g L t L o L n L

B l O l A l R l D l I l N l G l

3 l

1 l 2 l : l 4 l 0 l

N L e L w L L O L r L l L e L a L n L s L

I l N l l 1 l 0 l M l I l N l

9 l

1 l 3 l : l 0 l 0 l

N L e L w L L Y L o L r L k L

O l N l l T l I l M l E l

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Forma DJR Mono was designed by Ruggero Magrì and David Jonathan Ross, based on the original design by Aldo Novarese and the research committee at Nebiolo. This website was designed by Henry Desroches and Sarah Kimball.

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P L a L r L i L s L

A l l l l l l a l b l o l a l r l d l

2 l

1 l 2 l ⁰ l ⁹ l

M L i L l L a L n L o L

B l o l a l r l d l i l n l g l

3 l

1 l 2 l ³ l ⁷ l

R L o L m L a L

B l o l a l r l d l i l n l g l

9 l

0 l 1 l ⁰ l ² l

M L a L d L r L i L d L

O l n l l T l i l m l e l

1 l 4 l

0 l 1 l ³ l ⁵ l

B L a L r L c L e L l L o L n L a L

L l a l t l e l l 5 l l m l i l n l

2 l

0 l 1 l ¹ l ⁰ l

B L r L u L s L s L e L l L s L

O l n l l T l i l m l e l

3 l

0 l 1 l ² l ⁷ l

A L m L s L t L e L r L d L a L m L

L l a l t l e l l 5 l l m l i l n l

9 l

0 l 2 l ⁰ l ⁰ l

V L i L e L n L n L a L

O l n l l t l i l m l e l

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G Y e Y t Y Y Y

Y t Y h Y e Y Y

f Y o Y n Y t Y s Y

F Y o Y r Y m Y a Y

D Y J Y R Y

M Y o Y n Y o Y

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Individual Styles

Forma DJR Mono Elsewhere

F Y o Y r Y m Y a Y

D Y J Y R Y

M Y o Y n Y o Y