Typeface Family for Print and Web
Renaissance cursive logic applied to contemporary display typography
Thema Moderato is a display typeface by Nikola Djurek, released by Typotheque in 2012, combining upright capitals with cursive lowercase — a convention traced to early Italian Renaissance books. It offers two types of ascenders and descenders suited to headline, lyrical text, and luxury packaging contexts. The family sits within the broader Thema system alongside a bracketed serif and a stencil display variant.
Set in Thema Moderato
Insights
- The pairing of upright capitals with cursive lowercase originates in early Italian Renaissance book typography, used here as a deliberate historical reference.
- Two distinct types of ascenders and descenders are included, both suited to medium and larger text sizes.
- Numeral support spans four styles — proportional oldstyle, lining, tabular lining, and tabular oldstyle — with oldstyle set as the default.
- Discretionary ligatures and swashes extend to accented letters, broadening utility for multilingual titling.
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