FF Kava started out as a free typeface called Kaffeesatz, published by the über-talented Yanone in 2004 during the early stages of his type designing career. The bold weight was reminiscent of coffee house grotesk typefaces of the 1920s, while the lighter versions were supposed to bridge the gap to contemporary type design. The current FF Kava family is a carefully revised, more rounded version of the old Kaffeesatz fonts. A black weight has been added as well as small caps and more figure sets to form now an attractive modern and soft sans serif type family.

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