Other serif classifications were rejected for being too humanist and outdated (old-style) and too clunky and unrefined for long text ( slab-serif). IBM Plex Serif – A transitional serif typeface with a design that was inspired by Bodoni and Janson.The italic design was inspired by the Italic 12 typeface used on the IBM Selectric typewriter this is particularly evident with the italicised i, j, t and x letters. IBM Plex Mono – A monospaced typeface based on IBM Plex Sans.IBM Plex Sans Condensed – A condensed variant of IBM Plex Sans.

On 7 April 2019, IBM Plex Sans Variable, a variable counterpart to IBM Plex Sans was released. Some of Franklin Gothic's features such as the angled terminals, a double-storey g and a horizontal line at the baseline of the 1 are used in IBM Plex Sans. Other sans-serif classifications were rejected on the basis of being too soft ( humanist), inefficient ( geometric) and overly perfected ( Neo-grotesque).

IBM Plex Sans – A grotesque sans-serif typeface with a design that was inspired by Franklin Gothic.Version 1.0 of the font family had four typefaces, each with 8 weights (Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Text, Medium, Semi-bold, Bold) and true italics to complement them. Plex replaces Helvetica as the IBM corporate typeface after more than fifty years, freeing the company from extensive license payments in the process. IBM Plex is an open source typeface superfamily conceptually designed and developed by Mike Abbink at IBM in collaboration with Bold Monday to reflect the brand spirit, beliefs and design principles of IBM and to be used for all brand experiences across the company internationally.

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