Author
Laura Meseguer

Creation
2025

Actual version
1

Styles
5

Character sets
Basic Latin
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-2 Central European
Latin Plus

License Types
Desktop, Webfont, ePub, App, Server

Description

Brise is a stencil type family inspired by the interplay between air and structure. Like a breeze drifting through space, its forms are shaped by both presence and absence. Rooted in the architectural idea of the brise-soleil, Brise explores how deliberate gaps can give rhythm, clarity, and breath to type. The family started with three styles: Text Light, designed for subtlety and flow; Display Bold, more condensed and assertive; and Display Extreme, strong but still airy and more expressive. The styles Text Regular and Display ExtraBold were added to expand its usability. 

Stencil and breeze share a paradox: the play between the visible and the invisible. A stencil is defined as much by its strokes as by the voids that interrupt them. These gaps are not losses but intentions—precise pauses that give the structure its rhythm, its balance between weight and air. Born from necessity, stencil type has moved beyond the realm of industry and function; today, it can also be expressive.

Available also as a Variable Font (on demand). 

Tags
Serif, Display, Text, On Screen, Editorial Design, Stencil, Branding