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Gando

205TF · Matthieu Cortat · 2025

serifdidoneitalic
Gando specimen from 205TF

A didone that stays readable at text sizes, drawn from an 1828 specimen by the Gando brothers of Paris.

About

Didone glamour and genuine readability rarely sit together; Gando runs four optical sizes so they can. Poster is bold and glamorous, Caption rounded and discreet, with Display and Text between them. Twenty-four styles and ten variable fonts, plus arrows, currencies, Roman numerals and five numeral series.

Classification

Four optical sizes from Poster to Caption, three weights each with matching italics, 24 static styles and 10 variable fonts. Based on an 1828 specimen from the Gando brothers' Parisian foundry.

Weights

Poster RegularPoster MediumPoster BoldDisplay RegularDisplay MediumDisplay BoldText RegularText MediumText BoldCaption RegularCaption MediumCaption Bold

Family

Gando PosterGando DisplayGando TextGando Caption

Languages

Latin

Tags

serifdidoneoptical sizeseditorialfrenchrevivalvariable

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