PF Centro Serif XCondensed
Centro Serif XCondensed is part of a larger type system that includes a compressed and a condensed version which all together complement the award-winning Centro Serif type family. It was originally developed for the redesign of the Financial Times (Deutschland) newspaper in order to offer a strong readable custom font family which managed to retain the serious reputation of the newspaper. Its robust, low contrast characteristics enhance its readability at small sizes. The angular slanted serifs as well as the abrupt cuts at the joints, while they foster a distinct identity at display sizes, they mellow down and tend to look a lot like curves at small sizes. At the same time, the overpowering effect of the angular serifs is balanced by the ‘tear-shaped’ ball terminals in letters like ‘c’, ‘f’. The x-height is larger than usual which makes it more legible at smaller sizes. Finally, the stress is not quite vertical but slightly inclined. Centro Serif gives you the essence of a very clean, expressive, legible and modern set of typefaces which makes it an ideal choice for newspapers and magazines. Centro Serif XCondensed comes with 8 styles including italics, whereas the Centro Serif type system offers a comprehensive range of 32 font variations.
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ABOUT
Centro Serif XCondensed is part of a larger type system that includes a compressed and a condensed version which all together complement the award-winning Centro Serif type family. It was originally developed for the redesign of the Financial Times (Deutschland) newspaper in order to offer a strong readable custom font family which managed to retain the serious reputation of the newspaper. Its robust, low contrast characteristics enhance its readability at small sizes. The angular slanted serifs as well as the abrupt cuts at the joints, while they foster a distinct identity at display sizes, they mellow down and tend to look a lot like curves at small sizes. At the same time, the overpowering effect of the angular serifs is balanced by the ‘tear-shaped’ ball terminals in letters like ‘c’, ‘f’. The x-height is larger than usual which makes it more legible at smaller sizes. Finally, the stress is not quite vertical but slightly inclined. Centro Serif gives you the essence of a very clean, expressive, legible and modern set of typefaces which makes it an ideal choice for newspapers and magazines. Centro Serif XCondensed comes with 8 styles including italics, whereas the Centro Serif type system offers a comprehensive range of 32 font variations.
Published: 2015
Designer: Panos Vassiliou
FORMAT
Web (woff/woff2)
Digital Ad (woff/woff2)
ePub (otf)
App (otf)
Other formats
available at request
STYLES
- Regular
- Italic
- Medium
- Medium Italic
- Bold
- Bold Italic
- Black
- Black Italic
PRO FEATURES
- None
SUPPORTED SCRIPTS
- 1250 Eastern European
- 1252 Latin 1
- 1254 Turkish
- 1257 Baltic
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Character Set
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789.,
