TASA Orbiter
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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.
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Package Manager
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1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/tasa-orbiter2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/tasa-orbiter/wght.css';3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "TASA Orbiter Variable", 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
/* tasa-orbiter-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "TASA Orbiter Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/tasa-orbiter:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
}Background & Story
TASA Orbiter is part of the TASA Typeface Collection—two typefaces originally commissioned by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) as part of its institutional rebrand, and released under the SIL Open Font License. It is accompanied by its sibling typeface, TASA Explorer.
TASA Orbiter is a neo-grotesque sans-serif that reflects the technical precision of space operations. Built from a systematic vocabulary of recurring forms, it features slightly squared counters and right-angled turns, reinforcing its mechanical tone.
The original TASA typefaces (v1) were designed by Local Remote between 2022 and 2023. TASA Orbiter (v1) was released in 13 styles across three optical sizes: Text and Deck each had four weights, while Display included five weights.
In 2025, both typefaces were updated by Weizhong Zhang with a focus on preserving their core design characteristics while enhancing drawing precision and readability. TASA Orbiter (v2) consolidated its optical size variants, reducing the total styles from 13 to five weights—streamlining the family in line with TASA Explorer. The new design is based on the former “Deck” optical size, with refined forms and spacing optimized for flexible use. The fonts now support the Google Fonts Core Latin character set, along with additional glyphs for Taiwanese Romanizations (Tâi-lô and POJ).
To contribute, see github.com/localremotetw/TASA-Typeface-Collection.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/tasa-orbiterDesigned by
Local Remote, Weizhong Zhang
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License
OFL-1.1