Refuel

I released Refuel on December 7, 2016. The design came from an interest in octagonal aircraft lettering. While I initially thought it reflected contemporary military markings, I later found that modern aircraft lettering had shifted toward curved forms; the octagonal style was more of a mid-twentieth-century convention. I pursued it anyway, building a large, versatile family in that style.

Refuel distinguished itself from other octagonal typefaces through its scope. I offered six weights, six widths, and italics, along with full lowercase forms designed in the same angular manner as the capitals. It also supported extended Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic, giving it a breadth of language coverage uncommon in display families of this type.

The typeface never saw notable adoption, but it was built to be comprehensive and adaptable. On November 19, 2024, I updated the naming convention to align with standard practice—styles like “Condensed Bold” became “Bold Condensed”—and corrected a character issue with the i with ogonek. No changes were made to the letterforms themselves. Refuel was always a commercial release; no styles were ever free.