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Oldstyle serif as caricature
Jazzier is a caricature of an oldstyle serif typeface designed by Ignacio Casco Guijarro at Dalton Maag, released in 2021. It exaggerates oldstyle serif structure with unexpected typographic details throughout. The family targets expressive applications such as book covers, posters, packaging, and merchandise, and supports over 800 Latin-script languages.
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- The design treats oldstyle serif conventions as a starting point for caricature rather than refinement, foregrounding typographic surprise over polish.
- Despite its expressive intent, the family ships with an extensive OpenType feature set including small caps, oldstyle and lining numerals, discretionary ligatures, historical long s, and alternate glyphs for * and &.
- Latin-script coverage exceeds 800 languages, a notably broad scope for a typeface positioned primarily around expressive, editorial use.
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