IBM Plex

What makes Plex… Plex.

Exploration
Making a Sans
Mono for coding
Hybrid Serif
Making relationships

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Distinctly IBM

As the new typeface for our diverse and global brand, Plex® is just as important as our name or our logo. It fine-tunes the tone of our words. It represents who we are and what we believe—as a company and as designers. Every decision was made with purpose; every detail has a reason for being.

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IBM Plex Sans Italic: building characters with character.

We created Plex as part of a system, and as part of our identity. Just like the other elements of our brand; just like mankind and machine; Plex and IBM are better together.

We explored many iterations before landing on the right solution.

Eight bars, eight weights

Selectric Typewriter 1961: Plex’s engineered counter-forms reflect shapes that appear in some IBM classic designs, like the Selectric Typewriter. These forms are vital in making Plex unique.

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IBM Plex Mono Italic: A little something for developers.

[↑] Selectric Typewriter, 1961: IBM brought interchangeable typefaces to the world at large. Before the “golf ball” there was pretty much one choice—“type bars” (which were also prone to jamming).

[↑] Selectric “golf ball” catalog: Long before uploading fonts into a type manager, IBM printed physical catalogs for Selectric’s interchangeable type “golf balls.”