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Kornel: a key face to text composition

19 August 2024

With its classic proportions and contemporary allure, this Renaissance-inspired text face by Radek Łukasiewicz is precise and precious as a good text face should always be – both on screen and for print

CAST, Omniadvert, and the rebranding of Iris Ceramica

2 July 2024

The renowned Italian company based in the Sassuolo ceramic district recently published the Iris Ceramica Annual Book 2023, typeset with custom faces designed by CAST foundry

Roma Neue, the Swiss-style sanserif

19 May 2024

Here we are with the latest sans released by CAST foundry. Designed by Stefano Cremisini, Roma Neue is a historical hotchpotch of the most representative of the late 19th-century grots and their popular 20th-century descendants – such as Helvetica, Univers and the like. Practical, neutral, timeless, Roma Neue can deftly support even the most complex projects

Cyrillic with Ilya Ruderman

1 March 2024

From 10–12 June, CAST and Politecnico di Milano organise and host an unmissable three-days Cyrillic typeface design workshop. Registrations are open

Introducing Ernst, the party animal

26 September 2023

Designed by Léon Hugues, Ernst is a light-hearted and glamorous slab serif rooted in early 20th-century continental Europe. With its fetching details it works well as a display face while its consistent design also makes Ernst suitable for setting texts

Fabbrica. Technicality boosting versatility

5 September 2023

Michele Patanè’s Fabbrica is not only a pragmatic, multifaceted sanserif face, it is a practical reflection on the geometric genre and the nature of technical shapes. It comes in two styles – Fabbrica and Fabbrica Sharp – each with eight weights and matching italics. Highly readable at small sizes, and so distinctive that it is fine for big headlines or titles, Fabbrica is eminently suitable for branding, publishing and advertising, as well as for technical publications