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Versina

Latinotype · Dani Senso · 2020

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displayTransitional serifitalic
Versina specimen from Latinotype

A display serif by Dani Senso drawing on 18th-century Spanish transitional typefaces, with asymmetric bracketed serifs, calligraphic terminals and five weights with matching italics.

About

Versina's organic stroke and crescent-like terminals reflect a calligraphic sensibility rooted in the Spanish transitional tradition, while its large x-height and shortened ascenders lend a more contemporary silhouette. The family spans five weights with matching italics, plus ornament sets in Regular and Black. OpenType features include old-style and lining figures, small caps, historical ligatures, and decorative frames across 694 characters supporting over 200 Latin-based languages.

Classification

Inspired by Spanish transitional typefaces of the 18th century, Versina features asymmetric bracketed serifs, calligraphic terminals and organic stroke modulation, placing it in the transitional serif tradition but designed primarily for display use.

Weights

LightRegularBoldExtraBoldBlack

Family

Versina Ornaments

Languages

Latin

Tags

displaytransitionalserifcalligraphicornamentalspanisheleganthistorical