Caligari Pro was created by Gerd Jakob, Joerg Meissner and published by Elsner+ Flake. Caligari Pro contains 1 design. p > The quiet film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) is certainly among the awesome milestones within the German Expressionist Movement, a time of extremely creative masterpieces as a response to a world in rapid change. The initial intertitles of Caligari were exercised by the set designers (and painters) Walter Reimann, Walter Röhrig, and Hermann Warm, using a distinct expressionistic language of kind for dramatic and iconic lettering.

When in 2010 KOMA AMOK's Joerg Ewald Meißner and Gerd Sebastian Jakob were commissioned by the Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt and publisher Hatje Cantz to develop the catalog for the exhibit "The Total Art Work in Expressionism"- showing masterpieces, architecture, film, literature, theater, and dance-it was quickly completely clear that a brand-new typeface, inspired by the Caligari intertitles, must promote all the expressionistic arts.

An intense process of research study and analysis began. The initial letters of the Caligari intertitles were individuals by themselves. Moreover, each of the three title designers had included his particular method to the basic Caligari type style. From numerous various As to Zs an option needed to be made, which need to be THE particular Caligari letter for a digital typesetting font style. Lastly the picked letters were cut and drawn once again, missing letters were added according to the formal priniciples, all-in-all 1000 glyphs were digitised to finish a usefull OpenType font all set for usage. When in the autumn of 2010 the exhibition began successfully with terrific media interest, the posters all over Darmstadt revealed "You need to end up being Caligari!"-- embeded in the brandnew typeface.

The font Caligari Pro offers alternative kinds for every single letter and an entire bunch of ligatures, therefore developing an expressive, individual picture of headings and text. By utilizing consisted of Stylistic Alternates the image will get back at more vibrant. Caligari includes a total set of expressionist ornaments and real old style figures-thus the heyday of the Expressionist Motion and the age of the silent films can be revived typographically by the methods of today: "Express Yourself!".

Font Family: Caligari Pro Regular

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