NEW: a specially created set of obliques were included 2018 to give designers more style flexibility, for those trying to find a less calligraphic look.
FF Real was initially conceived by Erik Spiekermann as one text weight and one heading weight to be utilized as the only faces in his biography 'Hello I am Erik', edited by Johannes Erler, released in 2014. While Spiekermann drew the alphabets, he handed down the font information to Ralph du Carrois who cleaned it up and finished it. In the meantime FF Real has actually been encompassed a household of 2 designs and 13 weights each.
The style of FF Real is rooted in early static grotesques from the millenium. Numerous German type foundries-- amongst them the Berlin-based foundries Theinhardt and H. Berthold AG-- released such designs in between 1898 and 1908. The semi-bold weight of a poster-size typeface that was lighter than most of the according semi-bolds in metal type at the time, provided the motivation to FF Real's routine weight. In the words of Spiekermann, the historic example is "the real, non-fake variation, as it were, the royal sans serif face", hence offering his new typeface the name "Real" (which is likewise in keeping with his four-letter names, i.e. FF Meta, FF System).
FF Real is a persuading re-interpretation of the German monstrous style, however with far more warmth and enhanced legibility. With a hint towards the warmer American grotesques, Spiekermann included those normal Anglo-American features such as a three-story 'g' and an '8' with a more defined loop. To better differentiate characters in little text sizes, FF Genuine Text is available in old design figures, 'f' and 't' are larger, the capital 'I' is geared up with serifs, as is the lowercase 'l'. What's more, i-dots and all punctuation are round.
Font Family:
· FF Real Head Pro Hairline
· FF Real Head Pro Hairline Italic
· Real Head Pro Hairline Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Thin
· FF Real Head Pro Thin Italic
· Real Head Pro Thin Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Ultralight
· FF Real Head Pro Ultralight Italic
· Real Head Pro Ultralight Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Extralight
· FF Real Head Pro Extralight Italic
· Real Head Pro Extralight Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Light
· FF Real Head Pro Light Italic
· Real Head Pro Light Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Semilight
· FF Real Head Pro Semilight Italic
· Real Head Pro Semilight Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Regular
· FF Real Head Pro Italic
· Real Head Pro Regular Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Book
· FF Real Head Pro Book Italic
· Real Head Pro Book Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Medium
· FF Real Head Pro Medium Italic
· Real Head Pro Medium Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Demibold
· FF Real Head Pro Demibold Italic
· Real Head Pro Demibold Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Bold
· FF Real Head Pro Bold Italic
· Real Head Pro Bold Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Extrabold
· FF Real Head Pro Extrabold Italic
· Real Head Pro Extrabold Obl
· FF Real Head Pro Black
· FF Real Head Pro Black Italic
· Real Head Pro Black Obl