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Shadow layers built for chromatic typography

Tremolo Shadow is a display typeface family within the broader Tremolo collection, designed by Nikola Djurek at Typotheque with contributions from Frederik Berlaen and Igino Marini. It provides separate top and bottom layer styles designed for chromatic typography. The wider Tremolo collection draws on cursive calligraphy, brush lettering, and condensed blackletter influences within a single narrow display design. Released in 2015, it received a TDC Typographic Excellence award in 2016.

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Shadow styles use discrete top and bottom layer fonts rather than a single blended style, designed for chromatic typography.
The family resists classification by mixing cursive calligraphy, brush lettering, and condensed blackletter influences within a single narrow design.
Numeral support is limited to two sets: default old-style figures for running text and lining proportional numerals for all-cap settings.

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