Item Typeface Family Designed by Anne Seseke
January 25, 2026Spotlight2026Arts & CultureType DesignType Design Typography FranceAll four styles; vector, italic, pixel, and dotmatrix are constructed on the same nine-pixel-high grid. Characters are formed through fixed positional rules, where pixels shift incrementally, and accents are fitted within ascenders. This shared structure allows all cuts to maintain identical metrics, making them easily interchangeable within a layout.
Designed by Anne Seseke, Item was developed through a bottom-up process that began with dot-matrix construction and expanded outward into multiple stylistic interpretations while remaining bound to the same underlying system. Rather than varying proportions or spacing between styles, the family maintains strict consistency across weights and forms, allowing different cuts to be swapped without disrupting layout or rhythm.
The result is a type system that emphasizes structure, constraint, and continuity—positioning the grid not as a limitation, but as a defining framework that shapes both form and use across sizes and applications.