Tarocco
PSY/OPS Type Foundry · Stefan Hattenbach
A humanist serif by Stefan Hattenbach, reviving the Swedish Nordisk Antikva of 1910 with Jugendstil inflections, calligraphic ornaments and a full set of old-style figures and small caps.
About
Rooted in Waldemar Zachrisson's Nordisk Antikva, produced with Hamburg foundry Genzsch & Heyse from 1906, Tarocco carries subtle Jugendstil influences into a refined text family of three weights with matching italics. Each text font is accompanied by an Extras font containing additional ligatures, alternate numerals and alternate characters, plus a separate Ornaments font of calligraphic swashes and embellishments. Lining and old-style figures are both provided, with small caps available in the OSF subset.
Classification
A humanist serif rooted in Nordisk Antikva (1910), a typeface designed for the Swedish language with influences from the Jugendstil movement. The design retains classical proportions with calligraphic warmth, placing it firmly in the humanist serif tradition.