Field specimens, no. 07 Revised — autumn 2025

N O C T U R N E

An independent foundry setting three families — a serif, a grotesk and a mono — for work that outlives the season.

3families

17weights

04scripts tuned

01license path

A foundry, quietly

We set letters the long way — slow, deliberate, twice checked.

A type foundry, in our telling, is a small room with a ruler. The work is cutting, drawing, and deciding what not to draw. Every glyph is argued over and signed off by the same three people.

We publish sparingly, keep the catalogue short, and prefer a font you will use for twelve years to one you remember for twelve days.

Specimen one

Nocturne Display — a modern serif cut for the page.

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Ephemera

AaLight · 300

AaRegular · 400

AaMedium · 500

AaSemibold · 600

AaBold · 700

Specimen two

Nocturne Grotesk — a quiet neo-grotesque, built for long reads and small screens.

Kinetic

01Light — the whisper setting300

02Regular — the everyday400

03Medium — UI & labels500

04Semi — section heads600

05Bold — the headline setting700

Specimen three

Nocturne Mono — a technical voice for screens, code and ledgers.

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4weights

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OTligatures

Acquire a license

One path. No tiers, no dark patterns — just your use, your seats, your price.

All three families are licensed together. Pick a format, tell us how many people will use it, and we give you the number. Perpetual, transferable within the studio, with free updates for the life of the family.

01Desktop · .otf / .ttf

02Web · woff2

03App · embedded