Abril

A contemporary newspaper face by TypeTogether

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prstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstvwxyz3
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$012345678922
01234v567899jr
abril text regular, 60/76pt

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NOPQQRRSTUVW
XYZThe
abcdefghijklmnop
prstuvwxyz
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Abril Text: constructed structure, low contrast, open counters, comfortable x-height

a contemporary newspaper face

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Conceived specifically for intensive editorial use,

whether it is in newspapers, magazines or digital
media, Abril is a font family of two worlds. The
titling weights, based on a contemporary revamp
of classic Didone styles, display both neutrality and
strong presence on the page, attracting the reader's
attention with meassured tension in it's curves, good
color and high contrast. It also features typographic
niceties such as ornaments, borders, special dingbats
and alternate letters and numbers that propose a
broad palette of tools to the designer.
The text weights are more closely inspired by both,
19th century slab serifs and scotch roman types. They
maintain consistency with the headline styles, and at
first glance may appear to have the same shapes only
with lower contrast. However, in reality the letter
forms of Abril Text were engineered from scratch to
achieve a color, texture and overall width that allow
using the font comfortably in the most challenging
environments for continuous reading, such as
newspapers. This also makes it a great font family
for pocketbooks and magazines. Abril competes, in
terms of economy of space, head to head with some
newspaper classics such as Utopia or Nimrod, but
featuring a more contemporary look and feel; and
unlike them, includes a full set of small caps with
numbers and punctuation.
The four main text weights of Abril Text were
also manually hinted which grants the possibility
of a smooth transition from printed media to web
platform.
Abril consists of 8 text styles and 10 display styles,
all of them containing the standard TypeTogether
character set that supports over 50 languages
including those from Central and Northern Europe.

Veronika Burian and Jos Scaglione met at the

University of Reading whilst completing their MAs in
Type Design, launching the independent type foundry
TypeTogether (TT for short) in 2006. TT developed
out of the desire to publish high quality typefaces and
work on new type projects together(hence the name).
The foundry provides common grounds for intense
cooperation with other type designers, creating an
interesting and diverse platform.
TypeTogethers main interest is finding innovative
and stylish solutions to old problems for the
professional market of text typefaces, with a focus on
editorial use. This is where the greatest challenges
are faced:creating typefaces that perform well in
continuous reading, that also have a high degree of
personality.
The aesthetic and functional efficiency of TTs
fonts are accompained by excellence in technical
performance. This is achieved using the latest font
software, creating cross-platform Opentype fonts
with extended character sets including: broader
language support and all kinds of typographic
refinements, such as small caps, ligatures and
multiple numeral sets.
In addition to TypeTogethers high quality library of
retail fonts, TT also provides custom modifications
and specially tailored typefaces; thesecanserve
as vital elements of a companys visual identity,
bycommunicatinga unique feel. Custom typeface
projects are developed fromsolid foundations, based
on the clients brief, targeted research and theopen
dialogue between all parties.
A big advantage of being a small and specialized
company is that this allows for closer, and more
direct, collaboration with clients; this is often
necessary to accomplish their goals, and respond
quickly to their needs.
The quality of TypeTogethers work has
already been recognized in several international
competitions, including TDC and ED-Awards.
9/11 pt (bodytext), 11/11 pt (title)

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arrows&borders&ornaments

small capitals

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vast support

alternate numbers for fun: 0123456789!

Voix ambigu dun cur qui au zphyr prfre les jattes de kiwi

inspired by Scotch Romans M

Schriftzeit

Ruderklub Frankonia

broad range of styles and opentype features to play with

2 cigea tocaba el saxofn

potovn zsilka

Abril Black
Dr. Doolittle

Frebbies
masterclass

The gift shop

service included

Gentlemen

10/12 pt (hungarian)

Klubunk idn is szeretne tmogatni

kt tehetsges magyar zongoramvszt a TCU/Cliburn zongoraversenyen val rszvtelre. 21 orszgbl
89 jelentkez kzl Polgar va s
Fazekas Edi a vlogat versenyek
utn bejutottak a vgs fordulba,
ami itt lesz Fort Worthben. Ungar
Tams teljes sztndjat ajnlott
fl nekik. A rszvteli dj $1,100
fejenknt. Ehhez szeretnnk ernkhz mrten hozzjrulni, amihez
nagykelk tmogatsokat krnm.
8/10 pt (czech)

Nrodn divadlo zaalo s vydvnm cd v roce

2002, po nstupu novho editele Daniela
Dvoka, kter do funkce fa opery pizval
svho dvjho kolegu ze Sttn opery Praha
Jiho Nekvasila. Prvn vydanou operou byl
Mozartv Don Giovanni, vyly i iv nahrvky
Zprvy pro akademii Jana Kluska, Smolkovo
Nagano a dal.
Zatm posledn je komplet s nahrvkou
mimodnho proveden Prstenu Nibelungova
od Richarda Wagnera, kter vzbudilo velkou
pozornost na scn ped 2 lety. cd slou jako
dokumentace, propagace opery Nrodnho
divadla, je k dispozici knihovnm... k Ji
Nekvasil. V prbhu pti let se objevovala i
dla eskch autor, napklad Dvokv ert
a Ka.
V souasn dob ty nahrvac spolenosti,
kter to kdysi dlaly, jako teba Supraphon,
kter nahrvaly a dokumentovaly celou jednu
generaci, dnes asi z finannch dvod opery
neto. Je to idea, kter ns napadla u v
naem psoben ve Sttn opee, e v dob,
kdy zachytit hlas a umleck vkon je technicky pomrn jednoduch, tu cel generace

11/13 pt (polish)

Posowie z komisji edukacji

chc tworzy przy uniwersytetach publicznych szkoy dla
wybitnie zdolnych uczniw.
Ale czy modzie powinna by
selekcjonowana, a zdolne dzieci
trafia do elitarnych szk? To
najlepsze rozwizanie, uwaa
prof. Wiesawa Limont, pedagog z Uniwersytetu Mikoaja
Kopernika w Toruniu, przy
ktrym taka szkoa ju istnieje.
W zwykych klasach dzieci o
ponadprzecitnych uzdolnieniach osigaj sabe wyniki.
Nie rozwijaj skrzyde i zniechcaj si do nauki. Pomys
budzi jednak kontrowersje.
Psycholog spoeczny prof.
Wiesaw ukaszewski:

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12/14 pt (english)

Inspired by scotch romans

Conceived specifically for intensive editorial use, whether

it is in newspapers, magazines or digital media, Abril is a
font family of two worlds. The titling weights, based on a
contemporary revamp of classic Didone styles, display both
neutrality and strong presence on the page, attracting the
reader's attention with meassured tension in it's curves, good
color and high contrast. It also features typographic niceties
such as ornaments, borders, special dingbats and alternate
letters and numbers that propose a broad palette of tools to the
designer.
The text weights are more closely inspired by both, 19th
century slab serifs and scotch roman types. They maintain
consistency with the headline styles, and at first glance may
appear to have the same shapes only with lower contrast.
However in reality the letter forms of Abril Text were

12/14 pt (english)

Conceived specifically for intensive editorial use, whether it is

in newspapers, magazines or digital media, Abril is a font family
of two worlds. The titling weights, based on a contemporary
revamp of classic Didone styles, display both neutrality and
strong presence on the page, attracting the reader's attention with
meassured tension in it's curves, good color and high contrast. It
also features typographic niceties such as ornaments, borders,
special dingbats and alternate letters and numbers that propose a
broad palette of tools to the designer.
The text weights are more closely inspired by both, 19th century
slab serifs and scotch roman types. They maintain consistency
with the headline styles, and at first glance may appear to have
the same shapes only with lower contrast. However in reality
the letter forms of Abril Text were engineered from scratch
to achieve a color, texture and overall width that allow using

14/18 pt (spanish) with discretionary ligatures

El surcoreano Hahn Bin que debutar en el Carnegie Hall en octubre olvid su violn de medio milln
de dlares en un taxi de Nueva York pero lo recuper horas despus, inform la prensa este martes. El
instrumento, un Pressenda fabricado hace 184 aos,
fue olvidado el lunes en el asiento trasero del taxi
por el violinista, indic el New York Post.

abril font styles

abril display & fatface

videospan 123 videospan 123

display regular

display italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

display semibold

display semibold italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

display bold

display bold italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

display extrabold

display extrabold italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

fatface

fatface italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

display black

display black italic

abril text

videospan 123 videospan 123

text regular

text italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

text semibold

text semibold italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

text bold

text bold italic

videospan 123 videospan 123

text extrabold

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text extrabold italic

abril text opentype features

small caps

1234 charming creatures

(abc} n*/ d&e 567890

1234 charming creatures

(abc} n*/ d&e 567890

all small caps

RADIOLARIANS ?

RADIOLARIANS ?

all caps

para texto? para texto?

1708 ab [ende] 1708 ab [ende]

ligatures

aufbau, fjord, affiliate

aufbau, fjord, affiliate

discretionary ligatures

hckeln, strong, Then

hckeln, strong, Then

proportional figures

0123456789$ 0123456789$

tabular figures & slashed zero

00123456789$

00123456789$

numerator / denominator

0123456789/0123456789

0123456789/0123456789

arbitrary fractions

1/2 3/4 1/6 5/7 21/98 1/2 3/4 1/6 5/7 21/98

superior / inferior

H2O xb8 y3+5 aIndex H2O xb8 y3+5 aIndex

ordinals

1st 2th 3rd Mlle 2ieme 1st 2th 3rd Mlle 2ieme

stylistic set 1

abcdefghijklmnop
qrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUV
123456789
123456789

abcdefghijklmnop
qrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PRSTUV
123456789
123456789

contextual alternates

jj gj j (j [j {j qj Qj gg
jj gj j ( j [ j {j ( f [ f {f @j
@f gf qf jf j g q
Qj Qy Qp Qf Qg Q, Q;

jj gj j (j [j {j qj Qj gg
jj gj j ( j [ j {j ( f [ f {f @j
@f gf qf jf j g q
Qj Qy Qp Qf Qg Q, Q;

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abril display opentype features

all caps

para texto? para texto?

1708 ab [ende] 1708 ab [ende]

ligatures

aufbau, fjord, affiliate

aufbau, fjord, affiliate

discretionary ligatures

hckeln, strong, Then

hckeln, strong, Then

proportional figures

0123456789$ 0123456789$

tabular figures

0123456789$ 0123456789$

numerator / denominator

0123456789/0123456789

0123456789/0123456789

arbitrary fractions

1/2 3/4 1/6 5/7 21/98

1/2 3/4 1/6 5/7 21/98

superior / inferior

H2O xb8 y35

H2O xb8 y35

ordinals

Ha Ho

H H

stylistic set 1

0123456789

0123456789

stylistic set 2

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
OPQRSTUVWXYZ

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
OPQRSTUVWXYZ

stylistic set 3

12345678

123 4 567 8

stylistic set 4

12345678

123 4 567 8

stylistic set 5

12345678

123 4 567 8

stylistic set 6

stylistic set 7

QR

QR

stylistic set 8

contextual alternates

jj gj gg ggi gy &j qj Qj
jj gj gf jf ( j [ j {j ( f [ f {f Qj Qf

jj gj gg ggi gy &j qj Qj
jj gj gf jf (j [j {j (f [f {f Qj Qf

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abril display black character set

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Type Design Veronika Burian, Jos Scaglione

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