Porta
Franziska Weitgruber · Franziska Weitgruber
A graduation project serif designed for a fictive typographic awareness organisation, pairing curvy roman forms with a strong, characterful italic.
About
Porta Serif was created as Franziska Weitgruber's graduation project at NDU St. Pölten, conceived as the typeface for a fictional association promoting typographic awareness. The roman carries a soft, curvy quality intended to communicate approachability, while the italic was developed as a strong, relatively independent style rather than a mere slanted complement. The pairing gives the family an expressive range unusual for a student project.
Classification
A serif with curvy roman letterforms and a distinctly independent italic style, suggesting humanist influences with an approachable, warm character.