my favorite "commonSans in use" so far!

● typeface in use

Text by Xiaoyuan Gao
Published on 10 November 2026

It’s been almost 2.5 years since commonSans was released! I want to celebrate how designers have used it, and how beautifully it’s been presented in all kinds of projects. I’m really thankful that people find commonSans fun and useful, and I hope it reaches even more people in the future. Let's have a look. :)

Not Obsessed But Kinda Into It

Any Studio uses the commonSans Condensed badKern in its best form, the big CAP and the very narrow lowercase, and guess what, mixing them just makes everything better!

Graphic Design by any.studio

Peja Jazz

I LOVE the illustrations and how the letters just sit with them, like they are besties!

Graphic Design by Urtina Hoxha

Out of Body – Byline Magazine Spring/Summer 2026

I think this is the first project I have seen commonSans being used in such an exaggerated form: big letters across pages, thick outlines, colourful, bold, and you know, it’s just looking so good!

Graphic Design by Madeline Montoya

De Studio

The animation is playful, and the outlines are savage!! In fact, who doesn’t love big, thick and colourful outlines? I do, at least. :)

Graphic Design by Nicolas Corbett (from De Studio)

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NAVIGATING THE CLOUD

Pianpian and Max take commonSans to HongKong, and together with Xuechun Wang, they made some custom Simplified Chinese characters echoing the animation of commonSans Condensed SWAP (VF).