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Cardinal specimen from Very Cool Studio

A five-width grotesque family that marries the clean geometry of poster sans-serif traditions with the characterful irregularities of sign painters' titling lettering.

About

Cardinal spans Wide, Regular, Semi Condensed, Condensed and Extra Condensed widths, each offered in eight weights with matching italics, totalling over 80 styles. The design draws consciously on both the Neue Sachlichkeit grotesque tradition and vernacular painted lettering, with OpenType alternates including a monoline contrast mode, alternate G, K, Q and R forms, single-storey 'a' and thin or thick furniture variants. Glyph coverage extends across Latin Extended-A and -B with broad diacritic support.

Classification

A poster grotesque with vernacular sign-painting influences, combining sleek geometric construction with characterful titling details. The family spans five widths from Extra Condensed to Wide, each in seven weights with italics.

Weights

ThinExtraLightLightRegularMediumSemiBoldBoldExtraBold

Optical sizes and widths

WideStandardSemi CondensedCondensedExtra Condensed

Family

Cardinal WideCardinal Semi CondensedCardinal CondensedCardinal Extra Condensed

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquepostertitlingsign-paintingcondenseddisplayvernacularwide

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