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Typeface comparison

The same Mise content, set four ways. Tap a typeface to swap every specimen on this page — the phone, the type scale, the numbers, and the buttons all change together so you're comparing like for like.

Mise · Brand system
Typeface

01 — In context

The Soup, on a real screen

Type never reads the same in a specimen as it does in a product. This is a live Mise screen at true mobile width — cream field, herb green frame, turmeric at roughly ten percent.

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The SoupMise Partners
Queen City Grill
2201 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Industry happy hour · 3–5pm · 0.8 mi
I'm interested
Share
3 offers today
Temple Pastries
Free drip coffee with any pastry
0.3 mi
Employee bathroom tour
10+ interested · 5:00 – 8:00 PM
1.2 mi
Home
Messages
Perks
Matches
My team

What to watch for

Nav labels
Five items have to fit across 375px. Montserrat is the widest of the four — the other three buy back real room here.
Address line
13px on cream is the hardest job in the app. Check whether the numerals stay distinct from the letters.
Distances
"0.3 mi" sits in a stack, so the figures need to be tabular and the zero unambiguous.
Button text
"I'm interested" carries an apostrophe and a cap I — a fast read on how the face handles mixed shapes at 14px semibold.

02 — Type scale

Headings, subheads, body, captions

One content block at every level in the Mise scale. Sizes are fixed across all four typefaces so any difference you see is the face itself, not the setting.

Display
34 / 700
Find your next shift
Heading 1
26 / 700
Temple Pastries is hiring
Heading 2
20 / 600
Three offers near you today
Heading 3
17 / 600
Employee bathroom tour
Subhead
15 / 500
Hang out for the stories — Mise members only, Belltown
Body
15 / 400
Mise connects the people who run kitchens, bars, and front-of-house with the places that need them. Post a shift, browse who's around, and trade perks with the restaurants down the block. Everything you see here is open to anyone on your team.
Small
13 / 400
2524 S Jackson St #104, Seattle, WA 98144 · Open until 3:00 PM · 0.3 miles from you
Label
11 / 600
Team members · Since 2026

03 — Numerals

Numbers, large and small

Mise leans on figures everywhere: calendar dates, distances, shift times, pay. All numerals below are set tabular so columns line up.

1,240Shifts filled
$18.50/hrMedian offer
5:00 – 8:00 PMTonight · 10+ interested
July 2026
Week ⌃
SMTWTFS
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
Temple Pastries0.3 mi
Queen City Grill0.8 mi
Belltown Public House11.5 mi
Shifts this week18
Take-home$1,240.50

04 — Controls

Button and control text

Button labels are the most weight-sensitive type in the app — short strings, semibold, often reversed out of herb green or turmeric.

Primary · 16px

Secondary · 14px

Chips & badges · 13px

05 — Side by side

All four at once

The switcher above shows each face in full. This is the direct comparison — identical strings, identical sizes, four columns.

Montserrat
Find your next shift
Post a shift, browse who's around, and trade perks with the restaurants down the block.
1,240
2524 S Jackson St #104
Seattle, WA 98144 · 0.3 mi
I'm interested
Plus Jakarta Sans
Find your next shift
Post a shift, browse who's around, and trade perks with the restaurants down the block.
1,240
2524 S Jackson St #104
Seattle, WA 98144 · 0.3 mi
I'm interested
Manrope
Find your next shift
Post a shift, browse who's around, and trade perks with the restaurants down the block.
1,240
2524 S Jackson St #104
Seattle, WA 98144 · 0.3 mi
I'm interested
DM Sans
Find your next shift
Post a shift, browse who's around, and trade perks with the restaurants down the block.
1,240
2524 S Jackson St #104
Seattle, WA 98144 · 0.3 mi
I'm interested

06 — Read

How each one behaves

Trade-offs in plain terms, for the conversation with the client.

Montserrat

Current
  • Warm, familiar, well known — nobody will object to it.
  • Strong at display sizes with tight tracking.
  • Widest of the four. Nav labels and buttons wrap sooner.
  • Near-circular bowls soften below 14px, which is most of the app.
  • Weak italics; numerals are wide and a little bland.

Plus Jakarta Sans

Recommended
  • Same geometric family feeling — the swap won't read as a rebrand.
  • Roughly 5–8% narrower, so labels and chips stop wrapping.
  • Holds up at 11–13px far better than Montserrat.
  • Distinctive a, g, and k give headlines personality.
  • Needs body weight bumped 400 → 500 to match current density.

Manrope

Cooler, techier
  • Tighter and more engineered. Reads as product, not hospitality.
  • Excellent numerals — the strongest of the four for data.
  • Very compact, best space savings in nav.
  • Cooler tone works against the warm cream-and-herb palette.
  • No true italic.

DM Sans

Safest
  • Cleanest small-size rendering of the four.
  • Neutral and quiet — never fights the UI.
  • Optical sizing built in, so 11px and 34px both self-adjust.
  • Less character at display sizes; headlines lose punch.
  • Common enough that the app may read as generic.