Baro had its start in a handful of strictly geometric uppercase letters from an unidentified 1960's or 70's era press-down lettering font style, which in turn was possibly a revival of a 20's era Art Deco font. The exercise rapidly expanded into a complete typeface with 300+ characters, including numerous catch words (word glyphs), stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, multilingual support and both lining and old style characters. Baro keeps much of the characteristic geometric rigidity of the original handful of letters, however - With the addition of simply a little bit of flare, a bit of happiness breaks through, like a wink and a smile on the face of a fat and otherwise stern policeman.
Font Family:
· Baro Black
· Baro Black Italic
· Baro Black Condensed
Tags: 1920s, 1960s, 1970s, black, bold, catch words, deco, decorative, display, fat, geometric, heavy, ligatures, motter ombra, ombra, otmar motter, poster, retro, sans-serif, stencil, ultra, ultra-bold, word glyphs