Publisher: Canada TypeRecta was among Aldo Novarese's earliest contributions to the enormous rise of the European sans serif category that was expanding in the middle of the 20th century. Initially released just one year after Neue Haas Grotesk came out of Switzerland and Univers out of France, and at a time when Akzidenz Grotesk and DIN were riding high in Germany and Gill Sans was making waves in Germany, it was planned to compete with all of those foundry deals with, and later on happened referred to as the "Italian Helvetica". It preserves traditional simplicity as its peak of performance, while revealing very little infusion of humanistic traits. It shows that the construct of the grotesk does not need to be stiff, and can certainly have a touch of Italian flair.
While the original Recta family did not have a proper suite of weights and widths, this digital variation comes in 5 weights, corresponding italics, four condensed font styles, and small caps in four weights. It likewise consists of an extensive character set for prolonged Latin language support.
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