Industry: Design

Typeface Design for Typotheque

240 styles from a single parametric system

Audree is a parametric serif type system designed by Nikola Djurek and Marko Hrastovec, released by Typotheque in 2013. It offers 240 individual font styles drawn from a matrix of 15 serif shapes, two construction principles (Translation and Expansion), two contrast levels, plus stencil and inline variants. The system targets display use—magazine headlines, logotypes, and expressive visual identities. It was named a Typographica Favorite Typefaces of 2013.

Set in Audree

Insights

The system combines two orthogonal axes—construction principle (Translation vs. Expansion) and contrast level—with 15 discrete serif shapes, producing combinatorial variety rather than interpolated blends.
Stencil and inline variants are built into the parametric framework, extending the system beyond weight and contrast into structural form.
Igino Marini is credited as a contributor alongside the two primary designers; the source does not specify the nature of his contribution.