Alliance No.1  /  No.2Degarism Studio · 2018As used by palantir.com

Alliance

The self-hosted grotesque behindPalantir'swordmarks, headlines and body copy.

Two companion cuts —No.1for text and standard headlines,No.2as the tighter display face for headings, tags and captions. Designed by Deni Anggara.

Weights & styles — Alliance No.1 (text)
Regular 400Structured data, one platform
Italic 400Structured data, one platform
Bold 700Structured data, one platform
Bold Italic 700Structured data, one platform
Weights & styles — Alliance No.2 (display)
Regular 400Decisions at scale
Italic 400Decisions at scale
Bold 700Decisions at scale
Bold Italic 700Decisions at scale
Character set — Alliance No.2

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Size ramp

Ontology

Operational advantage

Software built for the most consequential decisions.

Alliance pairs a neutral grotesque skeleton with subtly humanist details.

At text sizes the No.1 cut stays open and legible, holding its rhythm across long passages of running copy without calling attention to itself.

Set at fourteen pixels the face remains crisp — tight spacing, tall x-height and even color make it a quiet workhorse for captions, labels and interface chrome.

In use — text setting

No.1 — Regular

Palantir builds software that empowers organizations to effectively integrate their data, decisions, and operations. From the front line to the executive suite, the platform connects people to the information they need — the moment they need it. Alliance No.1 carries this running text: neutral enough to disappear, distinctive enough to feel engineered.

No.2 — Bold Italic

The companion display cut tightens the spacing and sharpens the terminals. Reserved for headlines, pull quotes, and the emphatic moments where a page needs to raise its voice — it is the same voice, standing a little closer and speaking a little louder.

Bonus specimen — Power Grotesk

Power Grotesk

A widening sans-serif byTeguh Arief / Power Type Foundry— a separate typeface from Alliance, but a popular free-for-personal-use alternative with a similar engineered feel.

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The free dafont release ships the Regular weight only. Its subtly widening forms and strong black/white contrast keep it legible from captions up to large display sizes — a solid stand-in when Alliance is out of budget.

Area of Operations headers — recreated in each font