Buy Gieo Text

DOWNLOAD PDF

Contact me

Buy Gieo

Buy Gieo

Gieo Text

The silence that gently guides the reading eyes through both simple and complex content  

The silence that gently guides the reading eyes through both simple and complex content  

——

——

Buy Gieo Text

Buy

|

Download specimen

PDF

Gieo (pronounced /zeo/ or /jee-o/)—meaning “to sow a seed” in Vietnamese—is a type family for immersive reading, targeted at screens and printed matters. Drawing inspiration from the late 15th–16th century Humanist types, Gieo’s letters boast prominent calligraphic features, echoing the rhythmic and continuous gesture of a confident writing hand. The letterforms exhibit a visual fluidity created by the harmonious combination of gentle curves and sharp edges, asymmetrical serifs, and a right-slanted stem. The typeface personality arises from a short story by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami—Airplane, or, How He Talked to Himself As If Reciting Poetry. The story describes a couple’s sensitive relationship in a surprisingly gentle and poetic manner; with a mysterious silence lingering in the air. Designed to be subtle and unobtrusive, Gieo Text is like the silence, discreet enough to go unnoticed as the reading happens; while gently guiding the mind as it navigates the content.

Gieo (pronounced /zeo/ or /jee-o/)—meaning “to sow a seed” in Vietnamese—is a type family for immersive reading, targeted at screens and printed matters. Drawing inspiration from the late 15th–16th century Humanist types, Gieo’s letters boast prominent calligraphic features, echoing the rhythmic and continuous gesture of a confident writing hand. The letterforms exhibit a visual fluidity created by the harmonious combination of gentle curves and sharp edges, asymmetrical serifs, and a right-slanted stem. The typeface personality arises from a short story by Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami—Airplane, or, How He Talked to Himself As If Reciting Poetry. The story describes a couple’s sensitive relationship in a surprisingly gentle and poetic manner; with a mysterious silence lingering in the air. Designed to be subtle and unobtrusive, Gieo Text is like the silence, discreet enough to go unnoticed as the reading happens; while gently guiding the mind as it navigates the content.

Specimens

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. 

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. 

Gieo Text Regular

•

weight 400, size 24

Gieo Text Regular

•

weight 400, size 20

“What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—Samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer.

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad. “How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense”, he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn’t get in into that position. However hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn’t have to look at the floundering legs,

Gieo Text Regular, Bold & Italic

•

weight 400 & 700, size 16

Gieo Text Regular, Bold & Italic

•

weight 400 & 700, size 16

He slid back into his former position. “Getting up early all the time”, he thought, “it makes you stupid. You’ve got to get enough sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts.

He slid back into his former position. “Getting up early all the time”, he thought, “it makes you stupid. You’ve got to get enough sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts.

Gieo Text Italic

•

weight 400, size 24

Gieo Text Italic

•

weight 400, size 20

Date Magne Acknowledgement

Gewerkschaft Rausschmeißer

Ru Em Từng Ngón Xuân Nồng

Ptáte Skjulestedet Výhľadom

Porę Organelles Overspilled

Affût Jazz Tilbaketrekning

Dramatis Temperaments Relieves

Photojournalist Byrådsmedlem

Xanh Om Cổ Thụ Tròn Xoe Tán

Henkilöllisyyden Přítomnosti

Gold Improves Lommetørkle

Intruders Zweckmäßigkeit

Gieo Text Regular & Italic

•

weight 400–900, size 32

Gieo Text Regular & Italic

•

weight 400–900, size 32

the rhythmic & fluid gestures of a confident writing hand

the rhythmic & fluid gestures of a confident writing hand

Gieo Text Italic

•

weight 800, size 64

Gieo Text Italic

•

weight 800, size 48

Opentype features

Gin & Tonic but not an alcoholic

Gin & Tonic but not an alcoholic

Small caps

•

font-variant: small-caps;

Small caps

•

font-variant: small-caps;

one sip of Gin & Tonic on 24 str

one sip of Gin & Tonic on 24 str

All Small caps

•

font-variant-caps: all-small-caps;

All Small caps

•

font-variant-caps: all-small-caps;

System object agnostic

System object agnostic

Discretionary Ligatures

•

font-variant-ligatures: discretionary-ligatures

Discretionary Ligatures

•

font-variant-ligatures: discretionary-ligatures

Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85,000,000 people

Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85,000,000 people

lining figures

•

font-variant-numeric: lining-nums;

lining figures

•

font-variant-numeric: lining-nums;

£25,346 $70.95 149.90

£25,346 $70.95 149.90

Tabular figures

•

font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;

Tabular figures

•

font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;

2 1/3 cups of silence, 2/3 tsps msg

2 1/3 cups of silence, 2/3 tsps msg

Fractions

•

font-variant-numeric: diagonal-fractions;

Fractions

•

font-variant-numeric: diagonal-fractions;

To see all available OpenType features, please

Download specimen

Download specimen

Character set

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

AÁĂẮẶẰẲẴÂẤẬẦẨẪÄẠÀẢĀĄÅÃÆǼBCĆČÇĈĊDĎĐḌḎÐEÉĔĚÊẾỆỀỂỄËĖẸÈẺĒĘẼƏFGĞǦĜĢĠḠHĦḪĤḤIIJÍĬÎÏİỊÌỈĪĮĨJĴKĶLĹĽĻĿḶḸḺŁMṂNŃŇŅṄṆṈÑŊOÓŎÔỐỘỒỔỖÖỌÒỎƠỚỢỜỞỠŐŌǪØǾÕŒPÞQRŔŘŖṚṜṞSŚŠŞŜȘṠṢẞTŦŤŢȚṬṮUÚŬÛÜỤÙỦƯỨỰỪỬỮŰŪŲŮŨVẂŴẄẀXYÝŶŸẎỴỲỶȲỸZŹŽŻẒ

aáăắặằẳẵâấậầẩẫäạàảāąåãæǽbcćčçĉċdďđḍḏðeéĕěêếệềểễëėẹèẻēęẽəfgğǧĝģġḡhħḫĥḥiijíĭîïi̇ịìỉīįĩjĵkķlĺľļŀḷḹḻłmṃnńňņṅṇṉñŋoóŏôốộồổỗöọòỏơớợờởỡőōǫøǿõœpþqrŕřŗṛṝṟsśšşŝșṡṣßtŧťţțṭṯuúŭûüụùủưứựừửữűūųůũvwẃŵẅẁxyýŷÿẏỵỳỷȳỹzźžżẓ

aáăắặằẳẵâấậầẩẫäạàảāąåãæǽbcćčçĉċdďđḍḏðeéĕěêếệềểễëėẹèẻēęẽəfgğǧĝģġḡhħḫĥḥiijíĭîïi̇ịìỉīįĩjĵkķlĺľļŀḷḹḻłmṃnńňņṅṇṉñŋoóŏôốộồổỗöọòỏơớợờởỡőōǫøǿõœpþqrŕřŗṛṝṟsśšşŝșṡṣßtŧťţțṭṯuúŭûüụùủưứựừửữűūųůũvwẃŵẅẁxyýŷÿẏỵỳỷȳỹzźžżẓ

aáăắặằẳẵâấậầẩẫäạàảāąåãæǽbcćčçĉċdďđḍḏðeéĕěêếệềểễëėẹèẻēęẽəfgğǧĝģġḡhħḫĥḥiijíĭîïi̇ịìỉīįĩjĵkķlĺľļŀḷḹḻłmṃnńňņṅṇṉñŋoóŏôốộồổỗöọòỏơớợờởỡőōǫøǿõœpþqrŕřŗṛṝṟsśšşŝșṡṣßtŧťţțṭṯuúŭûüụùủưứựừửữűūųůũvwẃŵẅẁxyýŷÿẏỵỳỷȳỹzźžżẓ

fi fj fb fl fh fk • st ct

fi fj fb fl fh fk • st ct

0123456789 • 0123456789 • 0123456789

0123456789 • 0123456789 • 0123456789

-–—―_(){}[].,:;…!¡?¿‽/\|¦‚„“”‘’'"«»‹›@&¶§№·•†‡*′″°
¢$₫€£¥ƒ¤©®ªº%‰#+−×÷=≠><≥≤±≈~¬^∞∫∏∑√∂◊
⁄ ½ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞

↑↗→↘↓↙←↖↔↕

Hello, there!

I am Linh Nguyễn—the designer behind ÁccentiaType. My foundry site is currently under construction. In the mean time, I hope you’ve enjoyed Gieo Text family specimen! If you want to contact me, please fill out the form below.

I am Linh Nguyễn—the designer behind ÁccentiaType. My foundry site is currently under construction. In the mean time, I hope you’ve enjoyed Gieo Text family specimen! If you want to contact me, please fill out the form below.

I am a typeface and product designer. After achieving my Master’s in Typeface Design from the University of Reading in 2021 (MATD 20/21), I have been creating my typefaces while helping to expand the work of others. The Gieo Text family started as part of my MATD coursework.

I sketch and research letters in Sài Gòn, Việt Nam. I am currently expanding my letter-making repertoire to include Greek and Cyrillic scripts while advancing my font engineering skills. In my free time, you will likely find me enjoying coffee, mystery novels, RPG, or yoga.

© Copyright Linh Nguyễn 2025