Retiro Std
by Typofonderie
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Per Style:
$71.50 USD
Pack of 2 styles:
$143.00 USD
About the family
Full of life Hispanic Didot in 2 optical sizes
Retiro is a daring interpretation of Spanish typography. Severe, austere and yet, full of life, Retiro is a vernacular version of Castilian and Andalusian in a typical Didot. Named after a lovely park in Madrid, Retiro started life as a a bespoke typeface designed to give a unique voice to the magazine Madriz. In 2006, the founder of Madriz was looking for a Didot for his new magazine. The Didot is the archetypal typeface used in high-end magazines. Retiro is a synthesis of these high contrast styles mixed with an Hispanic mind. Result is then, after 2-3 years of work, a typeface with countless variations to establish typographic shades adapted to different sections and pages of the Madriz.
In 2014, it was necessary to further revise the typeface before its launch at Typofonderie. In order to keep its originality, the unique weight was retained, but complemented with optical size variants to set highly contrasted headlines into various sizes, visually balanced.
How to use Retiro optical sizes?
Each font provided in Retiro family is named according to the scale of body size: 24 pt and 64 pt. Of course, these names are referring to the body sizes used in typographic design. In the “glorious old days,” the letterpress period, it was customary to cut punches directly to the size at which typefaces would be used. The punchcutter had to visually adapt his design to the engraving size. The aim was to optimize the best contrast and general weight, but also to respect both design’s and reader’s needs. In Retiro’s case, intended for large titling sizes, it’s an adaptation of this ancient practice for our contemporary uses.
Although each font is named by a typographic point size, do not feel obliged to use this font at this precise size, but why not, in larger or smaller. It’s rather the concept of gradients that must be preserved in layouts, rather than strictly size numbers. It’s up to the designer to select the right font size for his own designs.
Granshan Awards 2012
Creative Review Type Annual 2011
Designpreis 2011
Club des directeurs artistiques, 41e palmarès
Type Directors Club 2010 Certificate of Type design Excellence
About Typofonderie
We are an independent French type foundry since 1994, we design, manufacture and distribute exclusive typefaces. Meticulously built years after years, our library includes type families suited for every aspect of typographic usage. We are passionate about our work. Each of our published typefaces is the result of years of teamwork at Typofonderie. Typofonderie is digital type foundry who has become over the years, a real institution in France and abroad. Our customers recognise the timelessness of our typefaces, which help them give meaning and strength to their projects, whether they are companies, brands, publications or institutions. Our typefaces can be found in the métro in Paris, as well as in Osaka, at the Opéra de Paris, La Tour d’Argent, Vuitton, Séphora, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty and are used by the French Olympic team. You will also encounter them in museums, in the Who’s Who, Wired, at Dell, at the Boston Consulting Group, on the jerseys of the French Olympic team and in the Alps thanks to SwissSki. Hillary Clinton and Emmanuel Macron used our typefaces during their presidential campaigns. The palais de l’Élysée uses three of our typefaces families for the identity and communication of the French president.
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