Identify the collection and its design question
Displaay’s original Season page credits Martin Vácha, with design assistance from David Řeřicha and spacing and kerning by Igino Marini. The foundry describes a response to choosing and combining sans and serif types: Season Sans, Mix and Serif share a construction, while the variable format permits intermediate stages. These are related branches of a named collection, not a promise that any sans font can be transformed into any serif.
Hold weight steady while comparing the serif treatment
Create a fictional field-studies cover with the same title in Sans, Mix and Serif. Keep the text size, approximate weight and line breaks comparable. Inspect the beginning and end of each word, then the line’s overall rhythm. Use Mix as a real third choice rather than automatically treating it as a halfway compromise. Only after choosing the construction should you compare heavier or lighter title treatments.
Record variable settings and alternate choices separately
The publisher lists Slant, Weight and SERF axes. In an editor that exposes the original variable font, alter one at a time and save the chosen settings with the document. Then inspect the documented a, g, l, R and t alternates as a separate pass. This distinguishes a construction change from a replacement glyph. The on-site Inter and Bitter profiles are independent comparisons; they do not reproduce Season’s intermediate forms.
Your questions, answered.
Who designed Season?
Displaay credits Martin Vácha, with David Řeřicha assisting and Igino Marini handling spacing and kerning.
Are Season Sans and Serif unrelated fonts?
They are branches of the same Displaay collection, designed with a unified construction and a Mix branch between them.
Sources & background
Sources supporting this page’s explanations. Practical examples are our editorial suggestions.