font tasting — a24 cinematic
62 fonts · click any specimen to feel it
the classics
Big Caslon — "when in doubt, use Caslon" — 300 years old, still perfect. Carter & Cone revival.
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Baskerville — the original transitional — 1757, John Baskerville. every serious designer knows this.
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Bodoni 72 — the real Bodoni — ITC's version. extreme contrast, pure fashion, the Vogue DNA.
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editorial serifs
Instrument Serif — the new favorite — Rodrigo Fuenzalida, 2022. everyone is using this right now.
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Instrument Serif Italic — italic instrument — gorgeous for pullquotes and film credits
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Young Serif — warm editorial display — unapologetically beautiful, very 2024
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Cormorant Garamond Light — ethereal editorial — the closest free font to GT Sectra's lightness
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Cormorant Garamond Light Italic — the whisper version — Sofia Coppola opening credits energy
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EB Garamond Italic — Georg Duffner's revival — the best free Garamond. period.
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Libre Caslon Display — heavy elegant caslon — title cards, chapter headings
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high-contrast display
Bodoni Moda — Google's Bodoni — closer to Didot energy. Harper's Bazaar, runway programs.
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Bodoni Moda Italic — italic Bodoni — instant fashion editorial
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Playfair Display Italic — the workhorse — not as refined as Didot but gets the job done
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Italiana — refined didone — ultra thin with dramatic contrast, very Armani
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Yeseva One — art nouveau display — ornate terminals, vintage poster energy
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warm literary
Lora — Cyreal's masterpiece — warm editorial, the best free book face
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Lora Italic — italic Lora — calligraphic roots show through, very alive
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Fraunces Light — Undercase Type, 2020 — variable "wonky" serif. Moonlight vibes.
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Fraunces Light Italic — italic Fraunces — the optical size axis makes this insane at display
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Fraunces Black — heavy Fraunces — chunky, expressive, "old style with personality"
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Spectral ExtraLight — Production Type — designed for Google, refined as a real text face
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Spectral ExtraLight Italic — the gentlest italic — moonlight on paper
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Crimson Pro ExtraLight — Jacques Le Bailly — airy book face, poetry collections
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Sorts Mill Goudy Italic — Barry Schwartz's Goudy revival — old bookshops, handset type
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Cormorant Infant Light Italic — tender and precise — the quiet moment before the credits roll
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art deco / geometric
Cinzel — Natanael Gama — roman capitals engraved in marble. Kubrick. Villeneuve.
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Poiret One — art deco geometric — Grand Budapest Hotel, Gatsby parties
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Forum — classical proportions — ancient Rome meets arthouse cinema lobby
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Tenor Sans — clean geometric sans — modernist posters, gallery wall labels
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calligraphic
Luxurious Script — high contrast copperplate — neon sign energy, dramatic ink weight
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Pinyon Script — formal copperplate — apothecary labels, victorian signage
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MonteCarlo — flowing elegant — lighter touch, more air between strokes
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Lovers Quarrel — embellished swash capitals — the most ornate option
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Scriptina — classic calligraphic — thick strokes, dramatic contrast
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foundry specials
Romie Italic — Claude Type — editorial serif italic, the house favorite. buy this one.
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Romie Light — Claude Type — light weight, ethereal display
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Romie Light Italic — Claude Type — the one for movie posters
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Kalice — Claude Type — organic serif, handcut woodblock energy
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Kalice Italic — Claude Type — italic kalice, expressive and alive
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Ninna — Claude Type — geometric serif, structured but warm
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Ninna Italic — Claude Type — italic ninna, engineered elegance
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open-source foundry
Basteleur Moonlight — Velvetyne — Keussel, dreamy display serif with hand-drawn soul
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Basteleur Bold — Velvetyne — heavy version, woodblock poster energy
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Bluu Next Bold — Velvetyne — Jean-Baptiste Morizot, blackletter meets serif, raw & beautiful
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Bluu Next Bold Italic — Velvetyne — italic Bluu, gothic romance
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Switzer Light — Fontshare — Jérémie Hornus, Swiss-inspired neo-grotesque, the free Helvetica Neue
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Chillax — Fontshare — geometric sans, chill and modern, great for subtitles
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Sporting Grotesque — Velvetyne — Lucas Le Bihan, quirky geometric grotesque with personality
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Sporting Grotesque Bold — Velvetyne — bold weight, punchy and distinctive
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Karrik — Phantom Foundry — Jean-Baptiste Morizot & Lucas Le Bihan, playful text face
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Karrik Italic — Phantom Foundry — italic Karrik, the personality really shows
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Pilowlava — Velvetyne — Anton Moglia & Jérémy Landes, volcanic display, molten and alive
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Le Murmure — Velvetyne — Jérémy Landes, condensed stencil display, protest poster energy
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Avara — Raphaël Bastide — variable weight serif, collaborative open-source project
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Sligoil — Velvetyne — Ariel Martín Pérez, micro optical size, monospace-meets-serif
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Sligoil Bold — Velvetyne — bold Sligoil, heavy and precise
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Compagnon Light — Velvetyne — Juliette Dupin & Léa Pradine, 5 optical styles in one family
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Compagnon — Velvetyne — roman weight, multi-style serif that shifts between moods
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Compagnon Bold — Velvetyne — bold weight, dramatic and architectural
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Anthony — Velvetyne — Sun Young Oh, elegant display serif, Korean-French fusion energy
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Commune Nuit Debout — Velvetyne — stencil display, protest typography, raw and political
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Bluu Next Titling — Velvetyne — titling variant, all-caps blackletter display
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composition tests
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translation
A FILM BY
Nina Jay Cragg
come closer
THE GRAND
Budapest Hotel
film credits
Espiritista
Sila Lua
Directora
Ester G. Mera
Productora
Joel Harris
Directora de arte
Clara Estevez
Directora de fotografia
Andrea Lopez
Música
Raquel Garcia
Estilista
Ayla Autumn