Press kit

Patens — press kit.

Everything you need to write, link, or cite. Email hi@patens.design for review copies, founder interview, or anything else.

Factsheet

Product: Patens
Tagline: A type editor with a method. 94 rules, plain English, free forever.
URL: https://patens.design
Version: 1.5.2
Released: 2026-05
License: MIT
Pronunciation: PAH-tens (Latin: /ˈpɑː.tɛns/)
Maintainer: Alejandro Vizio
Source: github.com/alevizio/patens
Contact: hi@patens.design
Social: @patenstype · bsky/@patens.design · instagram/@patens.type

Descriptions

One-liner (441 characters)

Patens is a type design tool that teaches as you draw. A built-in 94-code audit module runs continuously alongside the editor — every contour, metric, and kern pair gets checked against the rules type designers internalize through years of mentorship, with plain-English fixes for around 30 of the codes. Sketch with a pressure-sensitive pencil, trace to Bézier, kern, ship OpenType. Browser-native, open-source MIT, no installs, no account.

Elevator pitch (648 characters)

There are five reasonable type editors on the web in 2026 — Glyphr Studio, Fontra, typlr.app, FontStruct, and now Patens. FontLab and Glyphs cover the high end (±$300–500, desktop-only, professional). The browser tier was hobbyist-focused until Fontra brought variable-font seriousness and Patens brought audit-first teaching. The differentiator: Patens is the only one where the audit module is a first-class teaching surface — every warning explains what it means, why it matters, and (for ~30 of the 94 codes) offers a one-click fix. Designed for the in-between: the logo-to-font moment, the learning curve, the share-without-installing handoff.

Technical summary

SvelteKit 2 + Svelte 5 runes, Tailwind CSS v4, TypeScript strict mode. opentype.js for OTF + WOFF2 export, Pyodide + fontTools + ttfautohint for TTF, HarfBuzz.js (WebAssembly) for live OpenType shaping, polygon-clipping for boolean contour ops, perfect-freehand for the pressure-sensitive sketch path, satori + resvg-js for per-project OG image rendering, Vercel Blob for cloud share. The 94-code audit module runs in a Web Worker with a monotonic-seq stale-response guard.

Logos + brand assets

The Patens identity is the lowercase "Hn" mark set in StudioGeometric (the demo typeface that ships with the editor — the home page literally renders this font for the wordmark).

Wordmark — light

Rendered live from the demo OTF.

Download as 1200×630 PNG (OG image)

Wordmark — dark

Invert the wordmark for dark contexts.

Download favicon (SVG)

Need a vector logo, a specific aspect ratio, or a branded social cover? Email hi@patens.design — happy to make one for the piece.

Screenshots

Patens is in private alpha — the editor isn't publicly accessible yet. Email hi@patens.design for screenshots or hi-res renders (2× retina, specific framing) of any surface — drawing, audit, spacing, designspace, features, or specimen.

Milestones

May 2026 v1.5.2 — Production-grade, all P0 launch-blocking work complete. SEO/AIO foundation, comprehensive a11y, audit module workerized, family-wide kerning, global Cmd-K, bulk select v2.
Apr 2026 Renamed Font Studio → Patens; secured patens.design as the canonical domain.
Mar 2026 v1.4.0 — Color-fonts + COLR/CPAL support, multi-script (Latin + Cyrillic + Greek) demo set landed.
Feb 2026 v1.2.0 — TTF export via Pyodide + ttfautohint, OpenType feature auto-detection.
Jan 2026 v1.0.0 — First production release. Cloud share via Vercel Blob, family-wide kerning, audit module.