Publisher: Canada TypeDesigned in 1923 by Friedrich Kleukens for the Stempel foundry, Ratio was one of the very first metal deals with to bring the Didone genre to the leading edge of industrial mass publishing as a headline and magazine face. Though essentially contemporary in construct, Ratio integrates some oldstyle and transitional qualities, handling to sum up the European development of this specific visual. This is apparent in its shaped serifs (still special after all these years), soft roundings, an elegantly subdued italic, the variation of its shapes in between weights, and the apparent fat face impact in the ExtraBold. Therefore Ratio discovers the balance between modern-day elegance and great typographic tradition.
This special digitization expands on the original metal set by consisting of small capitals and numerous alternates in all the designs. It also boasts a bigger than usual linguistic support.
Font Family:
