Pelikan
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Condensed
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Extended
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Mono
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Semi Mono
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Global
Pelikan
Pelikan
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Condensed
Pelikan Condensed
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Extended
Pelikan Extended
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Mono
Pelikan Mono
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Semi Mono
Pelikan Semi Mono
- Thin & Italic
- Light & Italic
- Book & Italic
- Regular & Italic
- Medium & Italic
- Bold & Italic
- Extrabold & Italic
- Black & Italic
Pelikan Global
Features
Unicase 1
Same
height
party
tonight
Unicase 2
Same
height
party
tonight
Triangular dots
i enjoy
Slab alternates I, i, l
Iil
Alternate t
*.ttf
Unicase e
e
About Pelikan
About this typeface
Info
Pelikan is an unpolished sans with a special unicase feature baked inside, which lets you extend all letters—big or small—to the same height. Modernists in the 1920s waged a “fight against capital letters,” writing all their messages strictly in lowercase characters. In the ’70s, the search for an “egalitarian” type treatment continued, leading designers to the short-lived concept of the unicase. Pelikan throws a same height party for the 21st Century with its raw and blunt yet approachable feel. Its unusually large x-height gives it a confident stance and presence.
Pelikan has two unicase features available via Stylistic Sets, letting you jump between the default look and our same height variations. Unicase 1 is uppercase heavy, with only a few lowercase letterforms sprinkled in. This setting feels solid and sturdy in text blocks. Unicase 2, on the other hand, is jumbled and playful, a happy mismatch of uppercase and lowercase forms of the same height.
Credits
Design: Dinamo (Fabian Harb with Fabiola Mejía)
Spacing and Kerning: Igino Marini
Production: Dinamo (Renan Rosatti)
Pelikan Global
Hangul Font Pairing
Japanese Font Pairing
Chinese Font Pairing
Supported Languages
Latin: Spanish, English, Portuguese, Swahili (individual language), Italian, German, Javanese, Malay (individual language), French, Turkish, Polish, Filipino, Indonesian, Yoruba, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Igbo, Northern Uzbek, West Central Oromo, Romanian, Amahuaca, Malagasy, Dutch, Tagalog, Cebuano, Somali, Northern Kurdish, Haitian, Hungarian, Nyanja, Zulu, Shona, Czech, Swedish, Quechua, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Umbundu, Hiligaynon, Iloko, Rundi, Kalenjin, Ganda, Xhosa, Central Kurdish, Afrikaans, Turkmen, Madurese, Low German, Luba-Lulua, Kongo, Danish, Neapolitan, Southern Sotho, Croatian, Minangkabau, Wolof, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Finnish, Slovak, Swiss German, Pedi, Sicilian, Eastern Oromo, Norwegian, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Bemba (Zambia), Catalan, Buginese, Kamba (Kenya), Venetian, Lombard, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Banjar, Soga, Achinese, Gheg Albanian, Nyankole, Balinese, Jamaican Creole English, Yao, Lithuanian, Bosnian, Waray (Philippines), Slovenian, K'iche', Gusii, Southern Qiandong Miao, Northern Qiandong Miao, Kimbundu, Soninke, Meru, Afar, Pampanga, Hani, Tosk Albanian, Standard Latvian, Central Aymara, Southern Aymara, Batak Toba, Toba, Sena, Chiga, North Ndebele, Bini, Galician, Tumbuka, Scots, Acholi, Dimli (individual language), Kirmanjki (individual language), Tonga (Zambia), Makonde, Anaang, Sardinian, Mandinka, Guadeloupean Creole French, Batak Dairi, Batak Simalungun, Ngazidja Comorian, Standard Estonian, Batak Mandailing, South Ndebele, Morisyen, Khasi, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Chokwe, Gourmanchéma, Kabuverdianu, Lushai, Ndonga, Occitan (post 1500), Uab Meto, Kekchí, Yucateco, Basque, Bari, Piemontese, Welsh, Picard, Chavacano, Bena (Tanzania), Nobiin, Konzo, Friulian, Walloon, Kara-Kalpak, Balkan Romani, Crimean Tatar, Vlax Romani, Maltese, Samoan, Silesian, Batak Karo, Mam, Western Frisian, Sango, Zapotec, Tzeltal, Jola-Fonyi, Tzotzil, Ladino, Efik, Tetum, Luxembourgish, Tetun Dili, Asturian, Papiamento, Tedim Chin, Fijian, Icelandic, Wayuu, Mandjak, Mapudungun, Macedo-Romanian, Kölsch, Kaonde, Montenegrin, Breton, Latgalian, Garifuna, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Amis, Caribbean Hindustani, Huastec, Maore Comorian, Mískito, Irish, Gagauz, Sranan Tongo, Corsican, Purepecha, Tok Pisin, Gilbertese, Kashubian, Arbëreshë Albanian, Mwani, Saramaccan, Võro, Atayal, Papantla Totonac, Bikol, Sangu (Tanzania), Mankanya, Seselwa Creole French, Faroese, Andaandi, Tahitian, Orma, Páez, Chamorro, Kalaallisut, Scottish Gaelic, Marshallese, Aguaruna, Chuukese, Maori, Mattokki, Romansh, Ladin, Central Nahuatl, Ojitlán Chinantec, Karelian, Asháninka, Naga Pidgin, Pohnpeian, Shipibo-Conibo, Shuar, Alekano, Northern Sami, Pijin, Walser, Rarotongan, Acheron, Kaingang, Palauan, Mirandese, Upper Sorbian, Dehu, Aragonese, Tuvalu, Chachi, Bislama, Pichis Ashéninka, Ashéninka Perené, Yanesha', Ixcatlán Mazatec, Kven Finnish, Niuean, Achuar-Shiwiar, Lower Sorbian, Hopi, Nomatsiguenga, Eastern Arrernte, Creek, Rotokas, Mohawk, Tokelau, Algonquin, Cofán, Warlpiri, Matsés, Murrinh-Patha, Chiltepec Chinantec, Veps, Amarakaeri, Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association), Oroqen, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, Candoshi-Shapra, Esperanto, Kala Lagaw Ya, Seri, Lule Sami, Southern Sami, Caquinte, Pipil, Inari Sami, Cimbrian, Istro Romanian, Anuta, Meriam Mir, Shawnee, Ido, Aleut, Pintupi-Luritja, Gooniyandi, Ume Sami, Wiradjuri, Han, Volapük, Western Abnaki, Záparo, Munsee, Lojban, Interlingue, Latin, Potawatomi, Eastern Abnaki, Manx, Novial, Klingon, Interglossa, Cornish and Minang