Tofu Type Foundry

Meiros

Thick and thin.

Quick facts

Initial release: June 2025

Current version: 1.000

Total styles: 3

Script: Extended Latin, basic Cyrillic

Class: Sans, display, geometric

Design features:
All caps
Exaggerated counters
Geometric construction
Extreme contrast

OpenType features:
Localized forms
Contextual kerning
Proportional lining figures

Stylistic sets:
ss01 · Angled S
ss02 · Serifed I
ss03 · Nested umlaut Ö Ä Ü
ss04 · Bulgarian forms
ss05 · Toothless Д
ss06 · Stacked Ы
ss07 · Thick stem Њ
ss08 · Flat-sided Ћ Ђ
ss09 · Cap height ( ) [ ] { }
ss10 · Cap height ¡ ¿
ss11 · Thin « »
ss12 · Hollow zero
ss13 · Large ® symbol
ss14 · Tofu logo
ss15 · Chinese Tofu logo

Credits:
Reese Lee · type design and production

The story of Meiros

After spending too much time working on Renwick (a low contrast humanist typeface) the urge to create something completely opposite never stopped growing. This idea birthed Meiros, a super high contrast geometric typeface, and finally quenched my thirst for a stylistic 180°.

Because I pushed the contrast as far as possible, the dark areas felt too heavy compared to the light hairlines. To alleviate this imbalance, I introduced a “cut” through each heavy section. This inadvertently gave the design some sexy directional rhythm!

Meiros is inspired by the Art Deco movement and the geometric creativity that many artists of the time proudly revelled in. BioShock, specifically, was a huge inspiration and remains one of my favourite stories of all time. Now, would you kindly try Meiros?

Some old sketches of Meiros. Some letters, like N and S, evolved quite a bit during the design process.

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Angled S (ss01)

Bulgarian forms (ss04)

Thick stem Њ (ss07)

Cap height ¡ ¿ (ss10)

Large ® symbol (ss13)

Contextual kerning

Localized Dutch

Serifed I (ss02)

Toothless Д (ss05)

Flat-sided Ћ Ђ (ss08)

Thin « » (ss11)

Tofu logo (ss14)

Localized Turkish

Localized Catalan

Nested umlaut Ö Ä Ü (ss03)

Stacked Ы (ss06)

Cap height ( ) [ ] { } (ss09)

Hollow zero (ss12)

Chinese Tofu logo (ss15)

Localized Polish

Th–tha–th–that’s all folks!

Questions about licensing? Check out the licensing section or connect with me via email.