Industry: Design

Gueta

293 ligatures, up to 5 letters at once

Gueta is a backslant display typeface designed by Malo Haffreingue, released in 2023 through Blaze Type. It draws from urban writing traditions, referencing the fluidity, spontaneity, and singularity of tagged letterforms. Its defining technical feature is a set of 293 ligatures capable of connecting up to five letters at once, linking shapes with what the designer describes as dynamic force.

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Insights

At 293 ligatures spanning up to five consecutive letters, the system extends well beyond standard two-letter pairs.
The backslant construction is explicitly tied to the fluidity and spontaneity of tagged letterforms.
The glyph set is developed for Latin European languages.