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Kade

Kade™

by Re-Type
Individual Styles from $45.00
Complete family of 10 fonts: $400.00
Kade Font Family was designed by David Quay and published by Re-Type. Kade contains 10 styles and family package options.

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About Kade Font Family


Kade is a display/semi display sans family of fonts based on vernacular lettering photographed over the last ten years in and around the harbors of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Hence the name Kade that translates into English as ‘quay’, also the name of its designer. Kade grew slowly from many different ideas and elements. The letters reflects the industrial method in which they are cut for the side of ships from large steel plates. Frequently subtleties of curves are compromised due to the cutting tools and the fact engineers are in control. Kade’s italics have an experimental character and were produced in an unorthodox manner by rotating 8 degrees, rather than slanting the roman characters, a method sometimes employed in shipyards. Kade constructed character is ideal for contemporary editorial works, architecture magazines, museums communication and posters. The six distinct styles are published in OpenType format, featuring small caps and four sets of numbers (proportional old style, tabular old style, proportional lining and tabular lining), as well as matching currency symbols and a complete set of fractions.

Designers: David Quay

Publisher: Re-Type

Foundry: Re-Type

Design Owner: Re-Type

MyFonts debut: Jun 10, 2010

Kade™

About Re-Type

ReType is a digital type foundry based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company was created in 2007 and it is run by Ramiro Espinoza. Originally from Argentina he worked there in several editorial companies, co-founded the first Argentinian type foundry and moved in 2003 to The Hague to study in the KABKs MA in Type Design (Type]Media). In the Netherlands he worked at Studio Smidswater were expanded their corporate typeface adding italics and new weights. After leaving the studio and becoming independent, he has researched vernacular dutch lettering, published articles and worked in numerous freelance assignments for Fontshop and The Foundry.

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