Akt
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
Uppercase
Lowercase
Numerals
Symbols
Configuration
Select the weights and styles you want to include in your project.
Weights
Package Manager
The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource/akt2. Import in App
// Please select at least one weight and style3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Akt", sans-serif;
}Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style -->Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* Please select at least one weight and style */Background & Story
Akt is a contemporary sans-serif typeface crafted for clarity and precision in modern digital design. Built with an interface-first approach, it ensures consistent behavior across layouts, components, and viewports — a dependable foundation for UI and design systems.
Each weight is designed with intent: mid-range weights support comfortable reading, while heavier ones add focus and structure to titles and key visual elements.Balancing rational geometry with refined optical details, Akt offers the precision developers need and the flexibility designers expect — a unified typographic system for modern interfaces and branding. Designed by Dima Grenev.
The variable font axis allows fine-tuning weight to match your layout needs. The family covers basic Latin and Cyrillic scripts and includes essential punctuation and symbols. Vertical metrics are set for balanced line spacing across platforms.
Design highlights include compact counters, open apertures, and a steady rhythm that works well from small UI labels to longer paragraphs. The typographic color remains consistent through the optical weight range, making it reliable for product design, dashboards, and editorial interfaces.
To contribute, see github.com/dimgrenev/akt.
Subsets
Install
pnpm add @fontsource/aktDesigned by
Dmitry Grenev
Links
License
OFL-1.1