Coco Sharp is a sans serif font family that boasts a variable x-height. It takes cues from vernacular grotesques, sign-painting, and modernist ideals, while also drawing inspiration from the timeless style of fashion icon Coco Chanel. The font is built on a classic geometric sans skeleton, but incorporates humanist proportions and visual corrections to certain letters. The aim is to create a subtle vintage texture that exudes warmth on both printed and digital media.
Coco Sharp has been updated to feature sharper edges, which make it well-suited for use in display and logo designs, as well as text-heavy work. The font boasts a wide variety of alternate letterforms, which can be used to create a range of moods, from elegant to quirky, and everything in between. These unique designs can help transform a simple word into a memorable wordmark.
One of the standout features of Coco Sharp is the extensive range of x-heights that are available to the user. This includes a variable version, as well as five sub-families with different graded heights. Designers can choose from large and Xlarge versions that offer easily readable lowercase letters, perfect for small point size typesetting, or bold copywriting. Alternatively, the Small and XSmall versions provide smaller lowercase letters with the elegant proportions of Futura and its modernist eponyms. These are optimized for display use or adding a touch of class to body text. Finally, the Regular x-height offers a "one size fits all" solution that is ideal for both text and display use.