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Gear

  • 216 styles 8 widths, 9 weights each Backslant, Roman, and Slant
  • Designed by Jeremy Mickel
  • With assistance by Graham Bradley, Sabina Chipară, and Douglas Hayes
  • Published in 2025

Gear is a bold, high-performance typeface built to stretch, flex, and power through any layout. With sharp octagonal forms, aggressive slants and backslants, and an extreme range of widths and weights, from ultra-narrow to ultra-wide, hairline thin to ultra black, Gear delivers impact with precision and style.

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An early, all-caps sketch of Gear for Adidas

Originally commissioned by Adidas as an all-caps display face, Gear was designed to push the boundaries of expressive typography. In 2018, it became one of the first variable fonts adopted at an enterprise level by a global brand.

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Gear in use for Adidas Pro Vision

Since then, Gear has evolved into a complete system. We’ve added a full lowercase character set, refined the drawing and proportions, and expanded the range to include slanted and backslanted styles, dramatically increasing its versatility. The collection now spans 8 widths and 9 weights in each of the three angles: backslanted, upright, and slanted.

Also available as a variable font, Gear enables smooth interpolation across all axes, making it a powerful, adaptive tool for expressive, space-filling typography.

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Galactic
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Schoolbook a (ss01)

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Primary
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Schoolbook y (ss02)

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MISO
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Seriffed I (ss03)

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HIJINX
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Alternate Dutch IJ (ss08)

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0-9
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Slashed Zero (zero)

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Seriffed 1 (ss04)

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123
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Alternate 3 (ss05)

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Alternate 4 (ss06)

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H&M
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Alternate & (ss07)

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¡@OH!®
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Case-sensitive punctuation (case)

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(1)(2)(3)
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Open Circular Numbers (calt)

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Filled Circular Numbers (calt)

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<-|^/^
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Contextual Arrows (calt)

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Complete Set of Alternates

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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
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U
V
W
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Y
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Uppercase
Á
Ă
Â
Ä
Æ
À
Ā
Ą
Å
Ã
Ć
Č
Ç
Ĉ
Ċ
Ď
Đ
É
Ĕ
Ě
Ê
Ë
Ė
È
Ē
Ŋ
Ę
Ð
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Ĝ
Ģ
Ġ
Ħ
Ĥ
Í
Ĭ
Î
Ï
İ
Ì
IJ
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Į
Ĩ
Ĵ
Ķ
Ĺ
Ľ
Ļ
Ŀ
Ł
Ń
Ň
Ņ
Ñ
Ó
Ŏ
Ô
Ö
Œ
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Ő
Ō
Ø
Õ
Ŕ
Ř
Ŗ
Ś
Š
Ş
Ŝ
Ș
Ŧ
Ť
Ţ
Þ
Ú
Ŭ
Û
Ü
Ù
Ű
Ū
Ų
Ů
Ũ
Ŵ
Ý
Ŷ
Ÿ
Ź
Ž
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Uppercase Accents
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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
Lowercase
á
ă
â
ä
æ
à
ā
ą
å
ã
ć
č
ç
ĉ
ċ
ď
đ
ı
ȷ
é
ĕ
ě
ê
ë
ė
è
ē
ŋ
ę
ð
ğ
ĝ
ģ
ġ
ß
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ĥ
í
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î
ï
ì
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ī
į
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ŀ
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ń
ň
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ó
ŏ
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ò
ő
ō
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õ
ŕ
ř
ŗ
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ŝ
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ŧ
ť
ţ
þ
ú
ŭ
û
ü
ù
ű
ū
ų
ů
ũ
ŵ
ý
ŷ
ÿ
ź
ž
ż
ª
º
Lowercase Accents
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2
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4
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Numerals
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³
Numerators
Denominators
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/
|
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÷
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>
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Symbols
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:
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?
¿
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]
{
}
'
"
«
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Punctuation
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Reference Marks
Arrows
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