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Placa

por Type-Ø-Tones
Estilos individuales desde $65.00 USD
Familia completa de 6 fuentes: $325.00 USD
La familia tipográfica Placa fue diseñada por Laura Meseguer y publicada por Type-Ø-Tones. Placa contiene 6 estilos y opciones de paquete familiar.

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Placa is Laura Meseguer’s typographic interpretation of the lettering that defines Barcelona’s streets. Rooted in the city’s everyday visual culture, Placa translates the understated character of street signage into a contemporary, versatile type family. The project originated as a commissioned typeface for the documentary Barcelona. The Rose of Fire, produced by MediaPro in collaboration with Mariona Omedes (Nueve Ojos) and directed by Manuel Huerga. At the time, and still today, Barcelona lacked a distinctive typographic voice. Through close observation of the city, Laura identified a recurring model in its signage: a condensed, geometric sans serif with an incised, engraved-like quality. Placa refines this vernacular reference into a functional and expressive design. Placa is an incised sans serif with carefully tuned details that give it strong presence in display use while maintaining clarity and readability. Its proportions and rhythm make it especially suitable for editorial design, cultural projects, exhibitions, branding systems, signage, and wayfinding—contexts where identity and legibility must coexist seamlessly. Originally conceived as a single style, Placa was later revisited and expanded into a complete family. It now ranges from Fina to Gruixuda and includes a Variable Font, improving performance at small sizes and on screen. Designed for both print and digital environments, the family features extended character sets and consistent behavior across languages and formats. Placa is also used as a custom typeface on Laura Meseguer’s personal website. Placa pairs well with contemporary serif text faces or warmer, more organic type families, where its compact and structured character provides contrast and hierarchy. It can also stand confidently on its own in typographic-driven identities. The name Placa—meaning “plate” in both Spanish and Catalan—was chosen during a conversation with Ferran from Toormix. Direct and urban, it refers both to the physical street signs that inspired the design and to the layered cultural identity of the city. Placa is not a nostalgic revival, but a reinterpretation: a typeface that distills a familiar urban language into a modern, flexible tool for designers working across media.

Diseñadores: Laura Meseguer

Editorial: Type-Ø-Tones

Fundición: Type-Ø-Tones

Propietario del diseño: Type-Ø-Tones

MyFonts debut: Dec 31, 2025

Placa

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Barcelona-based digital type foundry run by Laura Meseguer, and José Manuel Urós. Type-Ø-Tones is a typographic design company from Barcelona, Spain, founded by Joan Barjau, Enric Jardí, Laura Meseguer, and José Manuel Urós, who share the love and particular vision of type with illustration, teaching, music, and pixel-pushing. They joined forces in 1990 to create this foundry and throughout these years, designers, illustrators, and artists have made contributions to their collection of typefaces. You can consult more about the designers in the "Info?" section of their website http://www.type-o-tones.com Besides their wide experience as type designers, they are also teachers at different schools in Barcelona. They also give workshops all around Spain and abroad.

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