Stratos

Stratos In Use

YoungCapital NEXT is one of the latest additions to the portfolio of The Works, a holding specializing in recruitment and job brokerage based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. What started in the year 2000 with a Dutch online platform bringing students into student jobs, meanwhile grew into a network of 28 different offerings across ten European countries and a business volume of over 600 million euros (in 2021). The holding’s trumps are their longterm digital expertise in the field, an enormous databank with millions of registered applicants and employers, and the fact that each of their offerings targets a specific job market. YoungCapital NEXT was launched in 2019 and addresses graduates of higher education. It aims at bridging the gap between degree and the first job position by providing training and coaching. The current website of YoungCapital NEXT was designed in 2024 by Dutch agency Verve. Its primary colors are dark green and orange, spiced up with secondary bright pink, blue, and green. What shapes the identity on top of these is the headline typeface, Stratos Semibold, designed by Yoann Minet. It’s used exclusively in the condensed capitals. A main feature of Stratos is the mix of narrow uppercase letters that create a poignant impact with a lowercase that is wider and of geometric character. Check out Production Type’s website to see the interplay. Stratos Semibold is used for typesetting the headlines. The reading text on the site displays DM Sans by Colophon Foundry. A third, fancy typeface comes into play for advertising purposes: here Stratos is mixed with glyphs from True Grit Irregular, an experimental custom font designed exclusively for the YoungCapital NEXT identity.
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Stratos SemiBold
YoungCapital NEXT
Pop Front Pictures is an US-based company whose aim is to develop and produce motion pictures and television films. The name is an abbreviation of “Popular Front” which establishes a connection to the left-wing impetus of its three main protagonist, Nando Vila, Bhaskar Sunkara, and C.C. Kilpatrick. The design of the website is coined by big illustrations with chalk effect that visually remind of early twentieth century graphic design and depict submarine scenes, including divers armed with a sword and a trident. Apart from small quantities of FF Good for the menu, the typeface that shapes the visuality is Stratos, available from Production Type and initially designed by Yoann Minet for an exhibition about the Soviet documentation of the Holocaust on film. A main characteristic of this geometric sans is the difference between its condensed capitals compared to the wider and more constructivist lowercase letters. A feature hardly visible in this project but important to mention is that in Stratos, the width of a line will stay consistent between weight as different as light and black, a quality seldomly found. The web design makes use of a number of styles of Stratos. The logotype is set from Stratos Bold Italic, intro and headlines use Stratos Bold Regular, whereas the reading text is set from Stratos Light. There are no indications of typographic conservatism, as upright all-caps typesetting is absent and all paragraphs are left-aligned.
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Stratos Black
Pop Front Pictures

Information

Design

Yoann Minet

Release Date

2015-09-03

Team

Emmanuel Labard

Ilya Ruderman

Yury Ostromentsky

Eirini Vlachou

Version

2.002

Awards & distinctions

Type Directors Club New York Certificate of excellence 2017

Typographica’s favourite of 2016

Typographica Notable Font Release of 2017 (Cyrillic)

Modern Cyrillic ’21 winner

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About this font

A family that rethinks concepts of weight and width, spanning multiple hierarchies within a single style.

Stratos is a geometric grotesque whose peculiar utility is derived from unusual ideas about proportion. It eschews conventional notions of typographic relationships — not just for novel effect, but to empower the user to do more interesting things with type.

The first and most obvious of these surprises can be seen in the difference between its upper- and lowercase. The caps are condensed, inspired by gothic wood type of the 20th century, while the minuscules are akin to certain classic geometric sans serifs, with circular rounds (o, d, b, p, q) and horizontal terminals (a, c, e, g, s). This contradiction presents intriguing possibilities. Used separately, the two designs exude individual personalities: the compact caps fill a page with the impact of a Victorian-era poster; the lowercase conveys an austere modernity. When employed together, the look is unexpected but surprisingly functional, thanks to carefully balanced spacing and weight.

The other uncommon concept has to do with the widths between weights. In Stratos, a line set in Black occupies no more space than one set in Thin. Each of the family’s ten weights share a common width — a technique known as multiplexing. This is useful for experimenting with font choice in magazine layouts, where content can remain constant while weight is adjusted. It also presents interesting opportunities for expressive and responsive typography. A website with dynamic backgrounds, for example, can serve the appropriate weight for optimal legibility without effecting the width of the text or the wrapping of lines. The upper- and lowercase letters are multiplexed as well, offering even more design flexibility.

Stratos CJK support is powered by FZYouHeiS (Founder Type), Sandoll GothicNeo3 (Sandoll), AXIS ProN (Type Project).

Formats

Static (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

Language support

Abaza, Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Adyghe, Afar, Afrikaans, Aghul, Ahtna, Alekano, Aleut, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Andi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asu (Tanzania), Atayal, Avaric, Balinese, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Belarusian, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Budukh, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Chamalal, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chechen, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chinese Buriat, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dargwa, Dehu, Dungan, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Embu, English, Erzya, Ese Ejja, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, Ga’anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Halh Mongolian, Hani, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish, Istro Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, Judeo-Tat, K'iche', Kabardian, Kabuverdianu, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kalmyk, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Kaqchikel, Karachay-Balkar, Karelian, Kashubian, Kazakh, Kekchí, Kenzi, Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Kituba (DRC), Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kumyk, Kven Finnish, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Lak, Latgalian, Lezghian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Lozi, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Macedonian, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandinka, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Modern Greek, Mohawk, Moksha, Mongolian Buriat, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Muslim Tat, Muslim Tat, Mwani, Mískito, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nogai, Nomatsiguenga, North Azerbaijani, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Orma, Oroqen, Otuho, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papiamento, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pite Sami, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Russian, Russian Buriat, Rusyn, Rutul, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Azerbaijani, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tabassaran, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Talysh, Tatar, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tosk Albanian, Tsakhur, Tsakhur, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvinian, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Ukrainian, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Venetian, Veps, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yucateco, Zulu, Zuni, Záparo

About the designers

Yoann Minet
Designer
Yoann Minet is an École Estienne alumni where he grew an attire in both cultural aspects of type design and folklore. His works span from the most traditional aspects of text typefaces to utterly contemporary designs. He is the co-founder of the design studio Bureau Brut.
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