It started with an italic, or to be more precise, half an italic. The inclined styles of Desire Text show a particular bipolarity, the tops of glyphs having a standard italic kind, the bottoms of glyphs being more Roman in their construction. This tough footing really locks the italics to the baseline, making them very clear while still standing out from the uprights. The very same bipolar method didn't work extremely well in upright designs, so the Romans are more toned down.
Ranging from the nearly monoline, Egyptian style lightweight to higher contrast ‘‘ Modern 'bolds, there is much potential for use in typographically demanding scenarios.
The family consists of six weights, typical and condensed widths, all with italics, making an overall of 24 font styles; it's a highly functional text typeface with an array of OpenType features.
All styles include small caps, numerous figure styles (proportional- and tabular-, oldstyle and lining, little cap proportional figures, numerators, denominators, superscript and subscript), standard ligatures, alternate kinds (stylistic sets), automatic fractions, case delicate types, and a convenient (possibly!) ‘‘ percent off' ligature in the discretionary ligatures feature.
This is Schizotypes most ambitious release to date, with fantastic language support and mathematical signs. Urge Text need to prove to be a beneficial addition to your typographic arsenal.
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