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Rigor Ionic

DSType Foundry

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Rigor Ionic specimen from DSType Foundry

An ionic slab serif spanning eight weights with matching italics, designed for demanding text and editorial contexts.

About

Rigor Ionic offers a disciplined take on the ionic tradition, with eight weights from Thin to Heavy and a full set of matching italics totalling 16 styles. The family sits within DSType's broader Rigor system, which includes companion faces covering grotesque, headline and Arabic variants. Its sturdy bracketed serifs and even colour make it well suited to continuous reading at text sizes.

Classification

Rigor Ionic belongs to the ionic/clarendon tradition of bracketed slab serifs, characterised by sturdy proportions and moderate stroke contrast suited to text and editorial use.

Weights

ThinLightBookRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldHeavy

Languages

Latin

Tags

ionicslabeditorialtextworkhorsenewspaperbracketedsturdy