What is the Magneta™ font?
To describe what inspired Magneta would be to add a little Dwiggins, throw in some Benton with a hint of Austin, wrap it up in a crisp, contemporary package and serve.
The skeleton of the family is a Garalde (like my earlier Epic) but with a desire to produce something much more transitional and contemporary, I sought to simplify, simplify, simplify. Cap and ascenders share the same height, the x-height is slightly larger than expected which should make a functional typeface for editorial, headlines or where more visually complex systems are needed. The modulation is much more intentional than historical and creates some interesting interactions between the various weights. More…
There are both Normal and Condensed widths available with 6 different weights and matching italics, small caps, oldstyle figures, swashes, stylistic and discretionary ligatures (that includes some fun majuscule ligatures in the roman styles), there is no lack of typographic goodness for the designer. To add some spice, a set of Decorative Ornaments have been created that include geometric, floral, curvilinear patterns and much more.
Magneta™ Font families
The Magneta™ includes the following font families:
- Magneta Thin
- Magneta Thin Italic
- Magneta Book
- Magneta Book Italic
- Magneta Medium
- Magneta Medium Italic
- Magneta SemiBold
- Magneta SemiBold Italic
- Magneta Bold
- Magneta Bold Italic
- Magneta Black
- Magneta Black Italic
- Magneta Ornaments
Magneta™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Magneta™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
