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Helix Type — an independent variable type foundry drawing letters on a living spine.
Variable Foundry · Est. MMXIX · Brooklyn / Web
A foundry for letters that refuse to sit still. We draw type on a living spine, where weight and width are not settings but range — type built to bend, never to break.
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01 / Playground
Pull the spine.
Every Helix face is one continuous drawing. Drag the axes and watch a single outline travel its whole range — no second file, no fallback. Type your own word.
Helix
600 / 900
144 pt
100%
100%
02 / Catalogue
Four spines.
Each family is a complete variable system — one outline, the full range from hairline to black. Hover a glyph to send it down its axis.
Gg
Rr
Qq
A static letter is a decision already made for you. We ship the whole spectrum and let the page decide.
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Nour Reyes · Type Director, Helix
We started Helix because we were tired of buying nine files to get one idea. A spine is drawn once and interpolated forever — hairline to black, tight to airy — so a headline and its footnote come from the same hand. The web is variable. Type should be too.
03 / Range
From whisper to shout.
A single outline, sampled across its weight axis. These animate as they enter — same word, same spine, five voices.
Thinwght 150
Type that breathes
Lightwght 320
Type that breathes
Regularwght 500
Type that breathes
Boldwght 720
Type that breathes
Blackwght 900
Type that breathes
04 / Licenses
Buy the spine, not the slice.
One purchase, the whole variable file — every weight, every width, forever. Prices in USD, one-time, no subscriptions.
Studio
$240 / family
- Full variable file, all axes
- Desktop, web + app embedding
- Up to 10 seats
- Free minor updates
Foundry
$1,400 / all
- All four families, every axis
- Unlimited seats + traffic
- Self-host webfonts
- Source UFO on request
Set it moving
Get the trial file, drop it in your stylesheet, and ship type that adapts to every breakpoint from one drawing.
Open the playground