It's About the Design
Like the legendary jazz tune of the exact same name, Masqualero is haunting and sophisticated. Drawn as a homage to Miles Davis, its letterforms are as beautiful as his "Masqualero" composition. "I approached drawing the letters as if they were marble sculptures," Says Jim Ford about his typeface. "Lots of sharp, black, modern sculptures filling a large park. All of them created with the very same qualities-- the flair of Miles' electrical funk and rock noises, the sparkly smooth surface and serifs like trumpet bells, the sweet lyricism and the tone and clearness of Miles' horn."
What's Available
With 6 weights and italics, in addition to Stencil and Groove display designs, Masqualero is offered as a suite of OpenType Pro fonts, offering the automated insertion of little caps, ligatures and alternate characters. Pro font styles also offer a prolonged character set supporting most Central European and many Eastern European languages.
Thoughts About Use
A book or album cover embeded in the Masqualero style sends out a message: what's within is of worth. Like jazz, the Masqualero typeface takes normal standard concepts and slips them into something special. Readers take notice and instantly acknowledge that what they're viewing is a cut above-- and radiates quality. "I see Masqualero as a luxurious typeface for splendid typography," says Ford. "I would not utilize it to offer toys or hotdogs. Masqualero sells diamonds, boats, property and champagne."
Perfect Pairings
Antique Olive
Neue Kabel ®
Neue Frutiger ®
Quire Sans
Trade Gothic ®
Font Family:
· Masqualero Pro Light
· Masqualero Pro Light Italic
· Masqualero Pro Regular
· Masqualero Pro Italic
· Masqualero Pro DemiBold
· Masqualero Pro DemiBold Italic
· Masqualero Pro Bold
· Masqualero Pro Bold Italic
· Masqualero Pro Black
· Masqualero Pro Black Italic
· Masqualero Pro ExtraBlack
· Masqualero Pro ExtraBlack Italic
· Masqualero Pro Stencil Regular
· Masqualero Pro Groove Regular
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