Cosmic Sans

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cosmic sans typeface
2025
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Cosmic Sans feels like a calm signal across a busy interface. Inspired by typewriter letterforms, it softens geometric structure with rounded edges, low contrast, and generous spacing. The italics lean into their roots with curled terminals and compact curves, bringing just enough character to systems, layouts, and labels that need to stay steady under pressure.

Blast Foundry presents
Cosmic Sans
Cosmic Sans
A geometric typeface
with soft corners
cosmic sans
One width. Infinite weights.
COSMIC SANS
Technical clarity, human charm

The origin story of Cosmic Sans

Bypass the timeline
2022
The First Brief
Pentagram approached us to create a custom typeface for a cosmetics brand. They had a clear art direction in mind: a sans serif with typewriter influences, paired with a curly italic that could stand on its own. That first mix of structure and softness became the foundation for what would later become Cosmic Sans.
2024
After Delivery
Once the typeface was delivered, we retained the rights. The client had a two-year exclusivity period, and during that time the fonts mostly sat quietly in our drawers. But we kept coming back to that odd, charming mix of sans and serif. Eventually, we decided to expand it into a full family with broader language support and more symbols.
Expanding
the Family
We started sketching new weights and refining the overall design. Barbara led the charge from Thin to ExtraBold, and we passed files back and forth until the shapes began to shift into something new. The structure got a little looser, the spacing a bit more generous, and it started feeling more at home in UI settings.
Duplexing
the Font
Toward the end of 2024, Diana decided to duplex the font. That gave it a more monospaced rhythm while still keeping proportional spacing. Basically, it made alignment easier without sacrificing flow, which turned out to be great for interface layouts.
Drawing
the Italics
Diana reworked the italics to lay a solid foundation. We then brought in Ethan Nakache to help produce and polish them. He added just the right amount of flair while keeping everything in sync with the uprights.
Serif vs Sans
At first, we loved the idea of the italic having serifs while the upright stayed sans. But as we explored more weights, the capital letters started feeling awkward, especially when an upright word sat next to an italic one. To keep things consistent, we removed the serifs from the italic caps. It was a small change that brought more balance to the whole system.
Beta and Delay
In late 2024, we teamed up with Marie Santi to create release visuals using a beta version of the font. It was 90 percent done, and the plan was to launch soon after. But life had other plans. Diana moved houses, custom work piled up, and the project was quietly paused. One year later, the font was still waiting.
2025
Final Touches
We came back to the family with fresh eyes. We revisited the corner radius to get the “soft” feel just right, fine-tuned the curves, and ran new tests with a focus on UI and running text. In August, we asked Marie to return for a new campaign — one that matched the typeface in its final form. We figured, after all that time, it deserved a campaign with proper gravity.
Now
Launch
Cosmic Sans is finally out in the wild with eight weights, matching italics, and a cosmic campaign to match the name. It took a while, but sometimes that is exactly what a font needs.

Cosmic Sans
Design

Both uprights and italics come with alternate characters, arrows, small figures for scientific formulas or footnotes, and circled numbers for steps or annotations. The italics also include a set of ball-less terminals and calmer capital letters, in case you want things a little less expressive. Handy for when your layout needs to feel sharp and steady, bit a little less “alien”.

ALTERNATES
CAPITAL LETTERS
CIRCLED NUMBERS
Uprights
Italics
Symbols

Why is it called Cosmic Sans?

We didn’t design Cosmic Sans with space in mind. It started as a typeface for the cosmetics world. At some point during the process, we began calling it “Cosmetic Sans,” and from there, the name was jokingly shortened to “Cosmic Sans.” It was part pun and part placeholder, but it stuck. Not because the typeface looks like a galaxy, but because it feels like a calm signal drifting through one. It is balanced, curious, and just a little otherworldly.

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Styles
Roman and italics
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Weights
for each style
⑨⑥+
Languages
in Europe & beyond
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Glyphs
for perfect layout
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Andromeda Halo RA 00h 42m 44s / Dec +41° 16′  
NGC 1300 Bar RA 03h 19m 41s / Dec −19° 24′  
Messier 82 CoreRA 09h 55m 52s / Dec +69° 41′  
NGC 604 Starburst RA 01h 34m 33s / Dec +30° 47′  
Centaurus Jet RA 13h 25m 27s / Dec −43° 01′  
Sculptor Dwarf RA 01h 00m 09s / Dec −33° 42′  
Omega Centauri RA 13h 26m 47s / Dec −47° 29′  
Sombrero Rim (M104) RA 12h 39m 59s / Dec −11° 37′  
IC 1101 Core RA 15h 10m 56s / Dec +05° 44′  
Magellanic ClouD Multiple positions (LMC)

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“Houston, we have a problem.”
Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 (1995 film)
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Whitespace
isn’t empty. It’s dark matter.

Like constellations, letters are born from an invisible sky, woven from tiny points. They are made of points of tension, angles, and curves that become a letter, a word & then a sentence. A constellation is not a fixed drawing in the night: it is a subtle geometry, a framework that the eye connects to see a sign, an animal, a story.

Aquarius
Letter a
Gemini
Cancer
Capital U
Scorpio
Infinity
Aries
Asterisk
Leo
Taurus
Libra
Pisces
Ampersand
Virgo
Number 5
Capricorn
Sagitarius
"To infinity… and beyond!"
— Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story

What is duplexing?

In Cosmic Sans, every weight shares the same width. That means a word set in Thin takes up the same space as the same word set in ExtraBold. You can go from Light to Bold on hover, animate a state change, or swap styles in a layout and nothing moves. No shifting, no reflow, no guessing. While it’s not a full monospaced design, that duplexed logic brings consistency to interfaces, tables, and code-adjacent environments. It keeps things aligned without losing warmth or flow. For designers, it means the system stays steady. For users, it just feels smooth.

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Cosmic Sans
Italic mood

The italics in Cosmic Sans borrow from typewriter habits. Slightly compact curves. A curl on the terminal. Movement that feels fast but not rushed. There’s something comforting about that rhythm. It adds warmth to systems that are often sterile, especially in UI design. You could use the italics for emphasis, but also for interface text, labels, captions. They’re not here to shout. They’re here to hold the line with a bit of personality.

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Cosmic Sans
Licensing

Free Trial Fonts
You can download trial versions of all 16 Cosmic Sans styles in a single package from our website. These trial fonts have a limited character set and are meant to help you test the designs before making any licensing decisions.

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Custom Licensing
Licenses are available for individual styles, small package deals, or complete families. Variable fonts are included in full family packages. If you’re unsure what you need, just reach out via email ↗
Studio Trials
Are you a creative studio or branding agency? We offer full Studio Trials for mockups, presentations, and internal pitches. This includes access to our entire retail library plus a selection of unreleased fonts. Just email us ↗ to get started.
Credits
Type design:
Barbara Bigosińska ↗
Diana Ovezea ↗


Website design,
art direction, animations:
Marie Santi ↗




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