About Chroma
Chroma is a sophisticated sans serif that combines elegant curves with a bold graphic stance. The slightly extended font covers a wide spectrum of weights, from black display use to bright text applications. The typeface finds early inspiration from a poster discovered in the book Graphic Design Manual (1965) by Armin Hofmann. While the unique graphic letterforms sparked the initial inspiration for Chroma, Selina Bernet re-energized the 60s Swiss aesthetic with her own contemporary design sensibilities.
Over years of development the typeface garnered underground notoriety in its pre-released form and has been used for a variety of projects in a mix of industries. We’re proud to present Bernet’s debut font, as she has been part of the Source Type family since day one. Chroma is now officially available, an unparalleled Swiss banger featuring a set of weights crafted for peaktime or afterhours.
Designer: Selina Bernet
Available Cuts
- Light
- Regular
- Medium
- Bold
- Black
Source Material

Poster for the lightbulb manufacturer Osram found in Armin Hofmann’s Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice (1965).
Type Specimen
Green Day
Blu-ray Disc™
BlackBerry
Oral-B White
Strobe
Stairville Hazer Pro
Stroboscope
Eurolite Multi FX Ⅳ
Cameo™ Q-Spot
Varytec Mirrorball
Crystals
Pockel’s Cell
SkyPanel X
Vectorworks
Optic Disc
(IVL) Photon
Watt/cm2
Ballyhoo FX
Anyone?
ID?
Ilian Tape 049
RA Podcast 763
Juanita’s 041
Truancy Volume 282
ST-Radio Mix 666
JOMOX
XBase 09
A6 Andromeda
Sequential
Prophet 5
MFB-Tanzbär
Linn 9000
Roland GAIA
JOMOX
XBase 09
A6 Andromeda
Sequential
Prophet 5
MFB-Tanzbär
Linn 9000
Roland GAIA
ROM
ROM
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Discord
Microsoft®
OneDrive
eFile Cabinet
are.na
WeTransfer™
Dropbox
SoulseekQt
Discord
Microsoft®
OneDrive
eFile Cabinet
are.na
WeTransfer™
Dropbox
SoulseekQt
L♥VE
Acetate Disc
Test Press
NOT 4 $A£€
Acetate Disc
Test Press
NOT 4 $A£€
Side
B
Side
Variation in
Production (VIP)
Chopped &
Screwed
The Early Years:
1989 – 1995
Limited 7" Single
Bootleg EP
Variation in
Production (VIP)
Chopped &
Screwed
The Early Years:
1989 – 1995
Limited 7" Single
Bootleg EP
Special Features
Typetester
Glyphs Overview
Letters
Figures
Latin Supplement and Extension
Ligatures
Stylistic Set 1
Stylistic Set 2
Tabular Figures
Currency and Mathematical Operators
Superscript and Subscript
Fractions and Ordinals
Circled Figures
Roman Figures
Punctuation and Symbols
Case Sensitive Forms
Arrows
OpenType Features
Stylistic Sets
Allen & Heath
Allen & Heath
Discretionary Ligatures
Case Sensitive Forms
[SIC] (PARENTHESES) {A,B}
RE: SUBJECT XLR-CABLE
« MERCI » ‹DANKE›
[SIC] (PARENTHESES) {A,B}
RE: SUBJECT XLR-CABLE
« MERCI » ‹DANKE›
Contextual Alternates
Tabular Figures
111 CHF
111 CHF
Superscript
Information
Technical Data
Encoding:Latin Extended
File Formats:OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2
Version:1.0