Monroe
Latinotype · Daniel Hernández, Alfonso García · 2010
A refined display serif originally released in 2010 and relaunched in 2018 with improved drawings, wider weight range and extensive alternate glyphs across five styles.
About
Monroe spans five weights from Thin to Bold, each containing 819 glyphs covering 394 characters and supporting 207 Latin-based languages. Five stylistic sets provide swashes, signs and discretionary ligatures designed to add decorative variety in headline and branding contexts. The 2018 revision improved spacing and drawing quality over the original 2010 release.
Classification
Monroe presents as a display serif with decorative alternate glyphs, swashes and discretionary ligatures, suggesting an elegant, stylised character suited to headline use rather than extended text setting.