Following a minimalistic concept the font is officially developed on a grid. Wherever optical curves are needed for a smoother, more comfy shape of letters than a basic rectangle-shaped block, diagonals cut off the egdes-- like a diamond is cut to achieve more beauty. Hence headlines and texts embeded in Materia are offered a particular "egdy" sensation, whereas their tonality is still kept healthy, keeping concentation all on info in a nonconfomist way.
Materia can be found in eight designs, from classy Thin to attention-forcing Ultra. Even a routine Italic is readily available, following the classic type-set-principle. 2 of the styles are clearly developed for display screen usage, Shadow and Code. Both are prepared for combinations with Vibrant or each other respectively, the layering of Shadow and Code e. g. allows amazing impacts or highlighting within the letters.
For OpenType-users Materia is a master, including accented Latin letters for over 70 languages, little caps, old design, tabular and lining figures and unique condensed titling all caps for cases in which area is all that counts. How useful all of the above mentioned is might be seen in the book David Lynch-- Lithos, created by Koma Amok, released in 2010 by product éditions, Paris, and Hatje Cantz, Germany, which was typeset completely in Materia.
Font Family:
· Materia Pro Thin
· Materia Pro Light
· Materia Pro Regular
· Materia Pro Italic
· Materia Pro Bold
· Materia Pro Ultra
· Materia Pro Code
· Materia Pro Shadow
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