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Evans

Evans

by Zetafonts
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Complete family of 33 fonts: $215.00
Evans Font Family was designed by Andrea Tartarelli, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Mario De Libero and published by Zetafonts. Evans contains 33 styles and family package options.

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About Evans Font Family


Evans was named after Walker Evans, an american photojournalist whose photographs often featured unassuming subjects – ordinary people, roadside scenes, and the subtle details of the American landscape. His ability to find beauty in simplicity and appreciate the mundane inspired Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli to create this typographic family that aims to convey the ideals of journalistic storytelling: simplicity, clarity, and unpretentious honesty.

Looking for a soothing, relaxed visual flow in body text, Evans was designed by gently narrowing classical proportions to answer the designers' need of maximizing the arrangement of lengthy text within confined spaces. Combining the vintage appeal of a semi-condensed old-style structure with a very slight transitional slanted axis resulted in text-oriented typeface with visual charm on both printed and digital pages. Subtly reducing the size of majuscules allowed the effect of an increased x-height, balancing space saving with increased readability at same point size. Using soft, semi-calligraphic shapes and keeping a generous letter spacing, the designers embraced a minimalist approach, aiming at a smooth reading experience.

For maximum versatility, Evans provides two distinct variations tailored to different purposes: the Regular and the Narrow subfamilies. While both are fine-tuned for body text applications , the second is suited also for display-oriented contexts, where attention-grabbing headlines take center stage. Each subfamily is developed in a range of 8 weights from Extralight to Heavy, and includes over 700 glyphs with full coverage of language using extened latin glyphs. True italics are designed for all weights, providing additional typographic control through the design of Swash Alternates, available through Open Type features that also include Standard and Discretionary Ligatures, Positional Numerals, Case Sensitive Forms and Stylistic Alternates. The family is complemented also by a rich set of Ornaments, available both as special glyphs or in a separate font.

With its retro-inspired design and unwavering commitment to form and function, Evans effortlessly extends its versatility from editorial design to digital interfaces and logo creation, inviting users to appreciate the beauty in simplicity, find joy in the ordinary, and embrace a relaxed and unhurried mindset.

Designers: Andrea Tartarelli, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Mario De Libero

Publisher: Zetafonts

Foundry: Zetafonts

Design Owner: Zetafonts

MyFonts debut: Dec 8, 2023

Evans

About Zetafonts

Zetafonts is an independent type foundry based in the heart of Florence (Italy), established in 2001 by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro, and Debora Manetti. Over the years Zetafonts has been producing a prolific portfolio of high-quality type families, including language and symbols extensions: a vast range of innovative and stylish fonts suitable for digital and physical applications; in addition, Zetafonts also offers custom type design services and branding consultancy to selected clients worldwide. Zetafonts is part of Ligature Srl, a brand focusing on typographic culture, currently also operating on projects such as TypeCampus, Italiantype, and Fontmood. The Premium Foundry Page can be viewed Here.

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