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About Corsair Pan-European (PE)
Corsair is a rugged font with a handcrafted touch. Familiar and easy to work with, it has a worn-in feel that slots right into your typographic toolkit like you’ve known it all along. Originally commissioned by Best Made Co., its functional beauty was shaped to mimic the idiosyncrasies of handwriting. Naturally randomised letterforms lend it authenticity, while weathered edges and subtle variations add a hospitable charm. The effect is an honest, approachable, and organic look that’s careful, but that doesn’t overthink it. Goes well with packaging, branding, and product lookbooks alike. Like a writer’s favorite pen, it gets even better with age.
The font has a pan-European scope and covers Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin scripts.
Credits
Leads
Ksenya Samarskaya
Design
Ksenya Samarskaya is the founding member of Samarskaya & Partners, drafting type to push against the limits of technology, radiate legibly on small screens, and trigger nuanced algorithms of emotion and history. She’s provided Cyrillic consultation, as well as multi-script type design, for the likes of Apple, Font Bureau, Google, MCKL, Monotype, WeWork. In 2017, she served as a judge for the Type Directors Club annual, the Communication Arts type annual, and the Taiwan International Student Design Competition. She splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and Barcelona where she’s teaching typography at Harbour.Space University.
Assistance
Azamat Kodzoev
Drawing
Micha Strukov
Drawing
James Todd
Drawing
Mathieu Réguer
Production
What others say
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Where other fonts push randomized letterforms right up in your face to impress with their complexity, Corsair opts for subtlety to achieve a realistic, hand-made feel. It’s humble, but definitely not simple. With 2300+ glyphs and vast language support, Corsair can be used in every place machine-made designs ought to feel human.
David Březina, Rosetta
OpenType features
Glyph table
Supported scripts and languages
Cyrillic
14 languages- Abaza
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
- Crimean Tatar
- Erzya
- Karachay-Balkar
- Kumyk
- Macedonian
- Moksha
- Nogai
- Russian
- Rusyn
- Serbian
- Ukrainian
Greek
1 language- Modern Greek
Latin
442 languages- Abron
- Abua
- Acheron
- Achinese
- Acholi
- Achuar-Shiwiar
- Adamawa Fulfulde
- Adangme
- Afar
- Afrikaans
- Aguaruna
- Ahtna
- Akoose
- Alekano
- Aleut
- Algonquin
- Amahuaca
- Amarakaeri
- Amis
- Anaang
- Andaandi
- Angas
- Anufo
- Anuta
- Ao Naga
- Apinayé
- Arabela
- Aragonese
- Arbëreshë Albanian
- Arvanitika Albanian
- Asháninka
- Ashéninka Perené
- Asturian
- Asu (Tanzania)
- Atayal
- Avatime
- Awa-Cuaiquer
- Awing
- Ayizo Gbe
- Baatonum
- Bafia
- Bagirmi Fulfulde
- Balante-Ganja
- Balinese
- Balkan Romani
- Bambara
- Banjar
- Baoulé
- Bari
- Basque
- Bassari
- Batak Dairi
- Batak Karo
- Batak Mandailing
- Batak Simalungun
- Batak Toba
- Bemba (Zambia)
- Bena (Tanzania)
- Biali
- Bikol
- Bini
- Bislama
- Boko (Benin)
- Bomu
- Bora
- Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
- Borgu Fulfulde
- Bosnian
- Breton
- Buginese
- Candoshi-Shapra
- Caquinte
- Caribbean Hindustani
- Cashibo-Cacataibo
- Cashinahua
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Central Aymara
- Central Kurdish
- Central Nahuatl
- Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde
- Cerma
- Chachi
- Chamorro
- Chavacano
- Chayahuita
- Chiga
- Chiltepec Chinantec
- Chokwe
- Chuukese
- Cimbrian
- Cofán
- Congo Swahili
- Cook Islands Māori
- Cornish
- Corsican
- Creek
- Crimean Tatar
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dehu
- Dendi (Benin)
- Dimli
- Ditammari
- Duala
- Dutch
- Dyula
- Eastern Arrernte
- Eastern Maninkakan
- Eastern Oromo
- Efik
- Embu
- English
- Ese Ejja
- Ewondo
- Falam Chin
- Fanti
- Faroese
- Fijian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Fon
- French
- Friulian
- Ga
- Gagauz
- Galician
- Ganda
- Garifuna
- Ga’anda
- German
- Gheg Albanian
- Gilbertese
- Gonja
- Gooniyandi
- Gourmanchéma
- Guadeloupean Creole French
- Gusii
- Gwichʼin
- Haitian
- Hakha Chin
- Hani
- Hassaniyya
- Hiligaynon
- Ho-Chunk
- Hopi
- Huastec
- Hungarian
- Hän
- Ibibio
- Icelandic
- Idoma
- Igbo
- Iloko
- Inari Sami
- Indonesian
- Irish
- Istro Romanian
- Italian
- Ixcatlán Mazatec
- Jamaican Creole English
- Javanese
- Jenaama Bozo
- Jola-Fonyi
- K'iche'
- Kabuverdianu
- Kaingang
- Kala Lagaw Ya
- Kalaallisut
- Kalenjin
- Kamba (Kenya)
- Kanuri
- Kaonde
- Kaqchikel
- Kara-Kalpak
- Karelian
- Kashubian
- Kekchí
- Kenzi/Mattokki
- Khasi
- Khoekhoe
- Kikuyu
- Kimbundu
- Kinyarwanda
- Kirmanjki
- Kituba (DRC)
- Kongo
- Konzo
- Koyra Chiini Songhay
- Koyraboro Senni Songhai
- Krio
- Kuanyama
- Kven Finnish
- Kwasio
- Kölsch
- Ladin
- Ladino
- Lakota
- Langi
- Latgalian
- Ligurian
- Lingala
- Lithuanian
- Lombard
- Low German
- Lower Sorbian
- Lozi
- Luba-Katanga
- Luba-Lulua
- Lule Sami
- Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
- Luxembourgish
- Maasina Fulfulde
- Macedo-Romanian
- Madurese
- Makhuwa
- Makhuwa-Meetto
- Makonde
- Makwe
- Malagasy
- Malaysian
- Maltese
- Mam
- Mamara Senoufo
- Mandinka
- Mandjak
- Mankanya
- Manx
- Maore Comorian
- Maori
- Mapudungun
- Masai
- Masana
- Matsés
- Mauritian Creole
- Mbelime
- Mende (Sierra Leone)
- Meriam Mir
- Meru
- Meta’
- Metlatónoc Mixtec
- Mezquital Otomi
- Mi'kmaq
- Minangkabau
- Mirandese
- Miyobe
- Mizo
- Moba
- Mohawk
- Montenegrin
- Mundang
- Munsee
- Murrinh-Patha
- Murui Huitoto
- Muslim Tat
- Mwani
- Ménik
- Mískito
- Naga Pidgin
- Nateni
- Ndonga
- Neapolitan
- Ngazidja Comorian
- Ngiemboon
- Nigerian Fulfulde
- Niuean
- Nobiin
- Nomatsiguenga
- Noon
- North Azerbaijani
- North Ndebele
- Northern Kissi
- Northern Kurdish
- Northern Qiandong Miao
- Northern Sami
- Northern Uzbek
- Northwestern Ojibwa
- Norwegian
- Nyamwezi
- Nyanja
- Nyankole
- Nyemba
- Nzima
- Occitan
- Ojitlán Chinantec
- Old Prussian
- Orma
- Oroqen
- Otuho
- Palauan
- Paluan
- Pampanga
- Papantla Totonac
- Papiamento
- Pedi
- Picard
- Pichis Ashéninka
- Piemontese
- Pijin
- Pintupi-Luritja
- Pipil
- Pite Sami
- Pohnpeian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Potawatomi
- Pulaar
- Pular
- Purepecha
- Páez
- Quechua
- Romanian
- Romansh
- Rotokas
- Rundi
- Rwa
- Saafi-Saafi
- Samburu
- Samoan
- Sango
- Sangu (Tanzania)
- Saramaccan
- Sardinian
- Scots
- Scottish Gaelic
- Secoya
- Sena
- Serbian
- Serer
- Seri
- Seselwa Creole French
- Shambala
- Sharanahua
- Shawnee
- Shilluk
- Shipibo-Conibo
- Shona
- Shuar
- Sicilian
- Silesian
- Siona
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Soga
- Somali
- Soninke
- South Azerbaijani
- South Ndebele
- Southern Aymara
- Southern Bobo Madaré
- Southern Dagaare
- Southern Qiandong Miao
- Southern Sami
- Southern Sotho
- Spanish
- Sranan Tongo
- Standard Estonian
- Standard Latvian
- Standard Malay
- Sundanese
- Susu
- Swahili
- Swati
- Swedish
- Swiss German
- Syenara Senoufo
- Tagalog
- Tahitian
- Taita
- Talysh
- Tasawaq
- Tedim Chin
- Tetum
- Tetun Dili
- Timne
- Tiv
- Tiéyaxo Bozo
- Toba
- Tok Pisin
- Tokelau
- Toma
- Tonga (Tonga Islands)
- Tonga (Zambia)
- Tosk Albanian
- Totontepec Mixe
- Tsakhur
- Tsonga
- Tswana
- Tumbuka
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Tuvalu
- Twi
- Tzeltal
- Tzotzil
- Uab Meto
- Umbundu
- Ume Sami
- Upper Guinea Crioulo
- Upper Sorbian
- Urarina
- Venda
- Venetian
- Veps
- Vietnamese
- Vlax Romani
- Võro
- Waama
- Walloon
- Walser
- Wamey
- Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa
- Waorani
- Waray (Philippines)
- Warlpiri
- Wasa
- Wayuu
- Welsh
- West Central Oromo
- West-Central Limba
- Western Abnaki
- Western Frisian
- Western Niger Fulfulde
- Wik-Mungkan
- Wiradjuri
- Wolof
- Xavánte
- Xhosa
- Yagua
- Yanesha'
- Yangben
- Yanomamö
- Yao
- Yapese
- Yindjibarndi
- Yoruba
- Yucateco
- Zarma
- Zulu
- Zuni
- Záparo
Tech specs
Formats
Opentype (OTF)
TrueType (TTF)
Web Open Font Format (WOFF2)
TrueType (TTF)
Web Open Font Format (WOFF2)
Feedback, report an issue
Have you found an issue in any of our fonts? Please, let us know so we can fix it for everyone. Get in touch with a brief description of the issue and we will take it from there. It is best if you specify the software you are using and attach a screenshot of the issue. In the unlikely case there is a character missing for a language we claim to support in the list above, we will add it or fix it for free. If there is a special character or symbol that you need for your project, we can update the fonts for a fee.