What is the Pressio font?
Pressio is a study in doing things backwards. We began with the weight that’s usually drawn last: the ultra-compressed black. This was squashed down vertically in increments to make the compressed, condensed, and regular widths, then hollowed like a dugout canoe to produce the lighter weights. The narrower bold cuts are inspired by the great mid-century skyline sanses. The widest cuts are stark, idiosyncratic, and intense. In between, 20 styles in five weights and four widths provide a broad range of expression. Forms are strict and modular. X-height is high. Curves are subtly superelliptical, and square counters add crispness. For those who prefer it, a set of stylistic alternates is available to round some of the unexpectedly sharp corners of letters like S, s, and a. Case-sensitive punctuation and delimiters are included, and a full range of diacritics provides support for over 130 languages. And it goes well with its sister family, Pressio Stencil. More…
A guide to Pressio’s stylistic alternates and special characters can be downloaded here.
Pressio Font families
The Pressio includes the following font families:
- Pressio No. 51 Light
- Pressio No. 52 Regular
- Pressio No. 53 Medium
- Pressio No. 54 Bold
- Pressio No. 55 Black
- Pressio No. 41 Light Condensed
- Pressio No. 42 Regular Condensed
- Pressio No. 43 Medium Condensed
- Pressio No. 44 Bold Condensed
- Pressio No. 45 Black Condensed
- Pressio No. 31 Light Compressed
- Pressio No. 32 Regular Compressed
- Pressio No. 33 Medium Compressed
- Pressio No. 34 Bold Compressed
- Pressio No. 35 Black Compressed
- Pressio No. 21 Light X-Compressed
- Pressio No. 22 Regular X-Compressed
- Pressio No. 23 Medium X-Compressed
- Pressio No. 24 Bold X-Compressed
- Pressio No. 25 Black X-Compressed
Pressio Preview
Here is a preview of how Pressio will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.