04 — Typography
Typography
Four families. Span carries the headlines. DM Sans does the daily work. Sweet Sans Pro labels the small stuff. Sharpie shows up only when the piece is informal.
This site is set in DM Sans, an approved face for headlines, subheads, captions, and body. Span and Sweet Sans Pro live on Adobe Fonts and are not embedded here. Use them in design files. Sharpie, from Fontshare, is loaded below for the informal specimen.
Headlines · Adobe Fonts
Span
A serif with chiseled, engraved letterforms. It is the primary face for headlines.
Thin, Light, Regular, Semibold, Bold, each with an italic.
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
1234567890 !@#$%^&*()
Headlines, subheads, captions, body · Google Fonts
DM Sans
A low-contrast geometric sans. Legible at every size. This is the face you will use most, including many headlines.
The quick brown beacon radiates across the chapel floor.
Every early-morning class. Every late-night chat. Every experience you have at Valpo is another tether to the values and knowledge you need to go farther.
Thin, Extralight, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Extrabold, Black, each with an italic.
Small callouts and subheads · Adobe Fonts
Sweet Sans Pro
Wide letterforms that stay readable when the type is small. Often set in all caps with open tracking.
At Valpo, it all becomes clearer.
Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Heavy, each with an italic.
Informal display · Fontshare
Sharpie
A sign-painter’s script. Use it where the tone is informal and expressive, not on formal or prestige pieces.
we radiate
Light, Regular, Bold, Extra Bold, Black.
A working stack
The guide’s sample layout mixes the families like this. These are the only approved typefaces. If they are unavailable, as in many email clients, you may use a substitute. Otherwise, do not.
| Role | Face | Size / leading | Tracking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyebrow | Sweet Sans Pro Heavy, all caps | 8 / 8 pt | 300 |
| Headline | Span Bold | 50 / 50 pt | 0 |
| Deck | DM Sans Semibold | 16 / 22 pt | 0 |
| Quote | Span Semibold Italic | 9 / 12 pt | 0 |
| Caption | Sweet Sans Pro Heavy | 5 / 7 pt | 300 |
| Body | DM Sans Regular | 10 / 15 pt | 0 |
At Valpo, it all becomes clearer.
Your future, your career, your calling. Your joy.
Here, we come together: to learn more deeply, search more widely, and imagine more resourcefully.
Every early-morning class. Every late-night chat. Every experience you have at Valpo is just one more tether that grounds you in the values and knowledge you need to stretch further and go farther.