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Scala Sans

Martin Majoor · Martin Majoor · 1993

sans-serifHumanistcondenseditalic
Scala Sans specimen from Martin Majoor

The sans partner to Scala, with identical bones, open letter shapes and a proper italic.

About

Scala Sans followed in 1993 and shares Scala's skeleton, so the two mix in the same line without either looking out of place. Its letters are more open than Helvetica's or Univers's, which keeps it clear at small sizes, and its italic is drawn as a true italic. Ten styles, from Light to Black with two condensed, make it a dependable text and signage sans.

Classification

Humanist sans built on the same skeleton as Scala, with open apertures and a true italic rather than a slanted roman. Ten styles, including a light, a black and two condensed.

Weights

LightLight ItalicRegularItalicBoldBold ItalicBlackBlack ItalicCondensed RegularCondensed Bold

Optical sizes and widths

NormalCondensed

Languages

Latin

Tags

humanistbookeditorialworkhorseclassicsuperfamilydutch

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