The typeface Twentieth Century (abbreviated to Tw Cen in font menus) is used as the typeface to accompany the symbols wherever they are used. As a solid, geometrically formed face it accords well with the aesthetic of the symbols and, to my eye, somehow seems to have fewer of the quirks (if you ignore the some of the counters in the lowercase characters in the regular weight) that can make similar faces like Futura and Gill Sans jarring in places.
Being minimal in nature, it also fits in with the ethos of the system that the sound is the defining force that shapes the visuals. If I were to use an ornate, or heavily idiosyncratic typeface, the type would become too much of a defining feature in itself.
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