Optician Sans – A free font based on historical eye charts and optotypes
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderFrom the designer's website (https://anti.as/optiker-k) it seems that this was commissioned by ANTI Hamar for the rebranding project for Optiker-K, a Norwegian optician and optometrists store. This is fantastic! More custom fonts like this should be open sourced. To me the font looks pretty legible. Worth noting that the font is from 2018, so it's not really a new font, but it is still one of my favorites.
Is it just me, or is the gaussian blur effect on the website a bit excessive / headache inducing?
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 573
- Total comments
- 154
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-11 | An Open Optician's Font | HaoZeke | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-12 | Optician Sans – A free font based on the historical eye chartsFirst breakout | dcschelt | 250 | 91 |
| 2025-07-30 | Optician Sans – A free font based on historical eye charts and optotypesBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | exvi | 322 | 63 |