Typeface Design for Averta
Grotesque roots, geometric discipline
Averta is a geometric sans-serif designed by Kostas Bartsokas in 2015 and published by Fontfabric. It draws from early European grotesques and Anglo-American gothic traditions, balancing monolinear geometry with humanist character. The family spans 8 weights with true italics, covering Latin, Greek, Vietnamese, and Cyrillic scripts. Its Cyrillic extension received a Granshan Award in 2017.
Set in Averta
Insights
- Design draws explicitly from two distinct historical sans traditions: early European grotesques and Anglo-American gothics.
- Italics are true italics rather than slanted romans, adding genuine expressive range across the weight spectrum.
- The Cyrillic extension includes regional alternates and was independently recognized with a Granshan Award in 2017.
- OpenType feature set includes case-sensitive forms, old-style and tabular figures, small caps, and fractions.
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