Appalachia Font Family was designed by published by Sehr Type. Appalachia contains 55 styles and family package options. Appalachia was inspired by several type families designed during the Weimar Republic, a period of social and intellectual prosperity immediately preceding the rise of fascism in Prewar Germany.Looking at the fonts that served as inspiration, we noticed a great deal of them had features that would more or less disqualify them from practical use in a modern setting.Attributes like low x-heights, inconsistently cut terminals, and odd ratios were all present. Yet all these fonts had a certain zhuzh that fascinated us to the extent of attempting to replicate them in a more practical manner.In a more technical sense, Appalachia is a low-contrast, geometric, sans-serif typeface. And when we say low-contrast, we meant it… we tried for months to get it to a perfect 1:1 contrast ratio but are pretty sure that’s an impossible feat.
