MegaMegaTypeType
A three-optical-size Renaissance roman family with a chancery italic, designed for extended reading across a range of settings and scales.
About
Quatern draws on Renaissance roman models, balancing clarity and warmth across Small, Text and Display optical sizes. The smaller cuts prioritise texture and durability in continuous text, while the Display styles increase contrast and openness. The Italic follows a chancery tradition, with decorated ascenders and descenders offering a historically inflected alternative to the upright.
Classification
A Renaissance roman revival with humanist proportions, subtle stroke contrast and chancery-influenced italics – characteristics consistent with 15th and 16th century Italian type models.
Weights
BookMediumRegular
Optical sizes and widths
SmallTextDisplay
Family
Quatern Display
Languages
Latin
Tags
renaissancehumanistserifchanceryoptical-sizestextbookeditorial