HAL Typefaces
HAL Typefaces

HAL Timezone is a low-contrast, serif typeface, aesthetically inspired by early digital fonts, freshly transitioned from the photo-type era. A robust text font with high visibility and slightly rounded edges: the Uprights are sturdy and durable, while the Italics are more playful and dynamic, reminiscent of classical, antique serif faces. The full family spans six weights across 18 styles, including a complementary monospaced subfamily. Covering both Latin and Cyrillic scripts, Timezone also features small caps for all styles and languages, including numerals. No matter the size, task, or altitude: Timezone never sleeps.

Collection
Colant
Four Grotesk
Gap
Magic
Matex
Repost
Twins
Vincent

Design

HAL Typefaces

Production

HAL Typefaces with Alex Lescieux

Families

Standard, Mono

Styles

Light, Light Italic, Book, Book Italic, Regular, Regular Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Black, Black Italic

File Formats

otf, ttf, woff, woff2

Characterset

Latin S, Vietnamese, Cyrillic Extended

Release Year

2021 (updated 2026)

Spacing/Kerning

Igino Marini

Timezone

Timezone Mono

Marine
Marine

Affkin
Affkin

17:50–23:48
17:50–23:48

Opentype feature: small caps

Upright ligature “ffk”

Oldstyle figures

A->rrow
A->rrow

(at)hal
(at)hal

254x89
254x89

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

HAL Typefaces

“Times Roman fonts of different design sizes, scaled to same x-height to show proportional changes according to scale.” From Form, Pattern & Texture in the Typographic Image (originally published in 1989 in Fine Print: The Review for the Arts of the Book) by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes

HAL Typefaces

Construction of Demos (1976) by Gerard Unger

Read Timezone’s Release Note

HAL Timezone is a low-contrast, serif typeface, aesthetically inspired by early digital fonts, freshly transitioned from the photo-type era. A robust text font with high visibility and slightly rounded edges: the Uprights are sturdy and durable, while the Italics are more playful and dynamic, reminiscent of classical, antique serif faces. The full family spans six weights across 18 styles, including a complementary monospaced subfamily. Covering both Latin and Cyrillic scripts, Timezone also features small caps for all styles and languages, including numerals. No matter the size, task, or altitude: Timezone never sleeps.

Design

HAL Typefaces

Production

HAL Typefaces with Alex Lescieux

Families

Standard, Mono

Styles

Light, Light Italic, Book, Book Italic, Regular, Regular Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Black, Black Italic

File Formats

otf, ttf, woff, woff2

Characterset

Latin S, Vietnamese, Cyrillic Extended

Release Year

2021 (updated 2026)

Spacing/Kerning

Igino Marini

Timezone

Timezone Mono

Marine
Marine

Affkin
Affkin

17:50–23:48
17:50–23:48

Opentype feature: small caps

Upright ligature “ffk”

Oldstyle figures

A->rrows
A->rrows

(at)hal
(at)hal

254x89
254x89

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

Opentype feature: contextual alternates

HAL Typefaces

“Times Roman fonts of different design sizes, scaled to same x-height to show proportional changes according to scale.” From Form, Pattern & Texture in the Typographic Image (originally published in 1989 in Fine Print: The Review for the Arts of the Book) by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes

HAL Typefaces

Construction of Demos (1976) by Gerard Unger

Read Timezone’s Release Note