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We made a typeface. Yes, another grotesk sans serif no one asked for.

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Practice Sans is a custom typeface designed by Practice Theory in collaboration with Mark De Winne. Built to meet our studio’s needs across presentations, decks, books, and wayfinding, it teeters between clarity and character, neutrality and presence. It includes native support for Latin and Vietnamese diacritics, offering more inclusive visual expression while acknowledging the linguistic diversity of the countries that we work in.

As a studio grounded in typography, we’ve always obsessed over the small things: spacing, alignment, consistency, clarity. After years of squinting at the details and stretching the limits of existing fonts, we started working on our own. What began as an internal tool for better control and consistency slowly became something more.

Sans Everything marks both the public release of Practice Sans and the tenth anniversary of Practice Theory. The showcase invites visitors to consider the role of type as both infrastructure and expression. Typography is often invisible, simply supporting, framing, and shaping content while receding from view. This makes that infrastructure visible, reflecting on the foundational work behind much of what we see, read, and make.

Through videos, type specimens, and tongue-in-cheek merchandise, we invite you to get well acquainted with the making of a typeface and the values that underwrite it: precision, care, and a healthy dose of contradiction.

Practice Sans Regular
96 pt
64pt
Workhorse
Everything grotesk
⑤ Weights
584 Glyphs
Practice Sans Bold
64 pt
40 pt
EVERYTHING ⚽
From Display → Text
Practice Sans Medium
64 pt
40pt
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Practice Sans Extrabold
200 pt
96pt

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Practice Sans Semibold
64 pt
40pt
The slow orange cat jumped onto my bookshelf what the f*ck mango
Practice Sans Regular
16 pt
Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin experiments. There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself; you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else. The 'stunt typographer' learns the fickleness of rich men who hate to read. Not for them are long breaths held over serif and kern, they will not appreciate your splitting of hair-spaces. Nobody (save the other craftsmen) will appreciate half your skill. But you may spend endless years of happy experiment in devising that crystalline goblet which is worthy to hold the vintage of the human mind.
Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin experiments. There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself; you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else. The 'stunt typographer' learns the fickleness of rich men who hate to read. Not for them are long breaths held over serif and kern, they will not appreciate your splitting of hair-spaces. Nobody (save the other craftsmen) will appreciate half your skill. But you may spend endless years of happy experiment in devising that crystalline goblet which is worthy to hold the vintage of the human mind.
Practice Sans Glyphs
200 pt
Practice Sans Regular
200 pt
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Just as every foundry needs its own take on a sans-serif, Practice Sans is the workhorse typeface for Practice Theory. Designed to be functional and unpretentious, with a playful spirit that emerges in imaginative use. The typeface references the classic quality of giants like Helvetica and Univers, but adds a fresh, modern, and down-to-earth character that reflects the core values of the studio.

The current version of Practice Sans features five weights, from Regular to Extrabold, making it a versatile family for a wide range of applications. It also provides extensive language support for many Latin-script languages, including Vietnamese (!)–a rare treat for our beloved Southeast Asian friends. Well yes!

Technicalities
Range
5 Weights
First Sketch
Sep 2022
Released
Sep 2025
Version
1.000
 
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Every purchase of merchandise entitles you to Practice Sans. Unlocked on a tiered basis:

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$25+
Regular, Medium
$40+
Regular, Medium, Semibold
$100+
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