Quintet Font

Quintet is a narrow, stylized sans serif font made up of thin, looping lines. This font tries to walk the line between retro and modern and to incorporate some hand drawn imperfections without being too obvious about it.

I kicked off designing without any particular inspiration in mind but, as time went on, started associating it in my head with an old-timey, swingy jazz aesthetic. Think the Jeeves and Wooster throwback theme song and opening credits or the music of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt (who the name is a nod to). That connection made pairing it up with abstract musical instruments seem like the natural choice and this package also includes those illustrations.