Stuart
Venetian origins, optical precision
Stuart is a text typeface by Matthieu Cortat drawing on the forms and proportions of 15th-century Venetian romans, designed with a calligraphic reference and a contemporary overall appearance. Its italic references the early work of Aldus Manutius and Francesco Griffo, with minimal slant and only slight variation in inclination axis. The family offers three optical sizes—Titling, Text, and Caption—each tuned to specific point-size ranges, in three weights with matching italics across 18 styles.
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Insights
- Stuart Titling is designed for sizes above 14pt, with narrower proportions and more emphatic downstrokes and upstrokes.
- Stuart Text targets the 9–14pt range, while Stuart Caption is built larger and of solid construction for use at 9pt and below.
- The italic's near-upright stance and subtly varying inclination axis deliberately echo the earliest Renaissance italics.
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