Alcalá
Over two decades from first sketch to release
Alcalá is a text typeface by Damien Gautier (205TF) drawn from the Biblia Políglota Complutense, a 1502–1517 polyglot Bible produced under Cardinal Cisneros. Initial drawings date to 1995; a second version began in 2011 when a publisher commissioned it for a French and Malagasy edition of J.N. Darby's Bible translation. The family was released in 2018 with roman, italic, and bold, later expanded with a Black Display cut for headlines.
Set in Alcalá, Alcalá Xtra
Insights
- The design was deliberately kept to a reduced set of cuts rather than an extended family.
- Alcalá Roman includes titling capitals; the Italic carries a set of special ligatures for book composition.
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