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GoGipsy

Latinotype · Guisela Mendoza · 2015

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scriptModern calligraphyitalic
GoGipsy specimen from Latinotype

A modern calligraphy script by Guisela Mendoza, inspired by the Mexican Caribbean and featuring an undulating baseline, swashes, ligatures and a companion ornaments set drawn from Mexican textile art.

About

Based on Coto Mendoza's calligraphy work and developed with technical assistance from Luciano Vergara, GoGipsy captures the expressive rhythm of brush lettering through a bouncing baseline and generous stroke variation. The family spans four styles across regular and italic cuts, plus a Drop variant and a separate ornaments font derived from Mexican embroidery motifs. OpenType features include swashes, ligatures and a wide array of alternate initials.

Classification

A brush-based script rooted in modern calligraphy with an undulating baseline and expressive stroke variation, placing it firmly in the calligraphic script category.

Weights

RegularItalic

Family

GoGipsy DropGoGipsy Ornaments

Languages

Latin

Tags

scriptcalligraphybrushornamentsswashesligaturesexpressivedisplay