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Spezia

Writing and reading text is always an involving matter. Dimensions are diverse and tools vary. Spezia is the Sanserif answer to this contemporary demands.

The typeface reveals its quality thanks to visual balance and modern spirit. Rooted in neo-grotesque genre finds Spezia an own voice, her monoline structure gives the font a sense of simplicity. This is further reflected in the uniform character-widths.

The comprehensive range of weights and widths invites users to experiment and make fine grain tweaks. Together with her serif sibling (Spezia Serif) is the typeface a unique and extensive typographic system. Spezia is available as standard version and as Variable Font.

Variable Fonts are used with axes rather than fixed font weights. Spezia is built on two axes, Weight (Thin → Black) and Width (Compressed → Extended). There is also a Monospace version of the typeface; which is built on Weight (Thin → Black) and monospace axes (Mono → Proportional Widths).

Standard Version (Single Font-Weights):
Thin / Thin Italic / Light / Light Italic / Book / Book Italic / Regular / Regular Italic / Medium / Medium Italic / SemiBold / SemiBold Italic / Bold / Bold Italic / Black / Black Italic / (Monospace version has no Italics)

Variable Fonts Version:
Complete (Thin → Black, Condensed → Extended)
Compressed (Thin → Black)
Extra Condensed (Thin → Black)
Condensed (Thin → Black)
Narrow (Thin → Black)
Normal (Thin → Black)
Wide (Thin → Black)
Extended (Thin → Black)
Monospace Complete (Thin → Black, Mono → Normal)
Mono (Thin → Black)
SemiMono (Thin → Black)

Please have a look at our Frequently Ask Questions, in case you have further questions. Or finde more information about Spezia at our blog post.

Styles: Compressed / Extra Condensed / Condensed / Narrow / Normal / Wide / Extended / Mono / SemiMono

Language Support Latin +100

Format Desktop: otf (PS)
Format Variable Desktop: TTF-Variable-Font
Format Web: woff / woff2 /
Format Web Variable: woff / woff2
Format App: otf (PS) / TTF-Variable-Font
Format Variable App: TTF-Variable-Font

Specimen

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La galleria della Vereina

Strecke Misox Tessin

Die Panne! Eine noch mögliche Geschichte des Alfredo Traps.

Spiegelbild der Geschichte

Weight

Width

l’Arte del Cinema

Weight

Mono

A

Alternative Glyphs

Case-Sensitive Punctuation

¿Sí? → ¿Sí?

Tabular Lining Figures

$104 → $104

Ordinals

5a5o → 5ª5º

Fractions

15 ⁄ 320 → 15⁄320

Alternate Glyphs

you → you

Numerators and Denominators

2H5 → 2H5

Superscript

m3 → m³

Scientific Inferiors

CO2 → CO2

Slashed Zero

204 → 204

The Variable Font technology is supported by different design applications, among Adobe InDesign CC 2020+, Illustrator CC 2019+ and Photoshop CC 2019+. Currently Variable Fonts are supported by operating systems among: OSX 10.5+ / iOS 3.2+ / Windows 10+ / Android 5+.

Spezia is available also as single Font weights (as Desktop-, Web- or App-Font). This ensures the compatibility in all possible uses. The typeface is strucured in seven Subfamilies: Compressed / Extra Condensed / Condensed / Narrow / Normal / Wide / Extended / SemiMono / Mono.

Modern web browsers can display Variable Fonts. Among navigators with full support are: Chrome 66 / Firefox 62 / Safari 11 / Opera 53 / iOS Safari 11 / Android Browser 67. Please go to website Caniuse.com to find a full list of browsers.

Variable Fonts opens new possibilities for responsive design. Mozilla provides an excellent overview of the technical possibilities, have a look at their Variable Fonts guide.

Spezia and Spezia Serif are the perfect team for complex editorial demands. Together, this two typefaces build a large typographic system.