Conga Brava was born when book and type designer Michael Harvey chose to wed the high-minded, purist letterforms of revivalist, modern-day calligraphers with the mundane, even unrefined, lettering of storage facility stenciling. The resulting lyrical yet utilitarian kinds have an aesthetically amazing graphic effect. Like his other typefaces, Ellington, Strayhorn, and Mezz, Harvey called his design after a jazz classic - "Conga Brava" by Duke Ellington and his trombonist Juan Tizol. According to Harvey, "The rolling rhythm, polished swing, and stacatto brass treatment of the tune suits the look of this sassy roman design; much more so, its stencil mate." So when you're dealing with food, music or video game product packaging, sports devices, or restaurant/nightclub logo designs and you need a typeface that radiates sound and motion, believe Conga Brava.
Font Family: