What is the Farao™ font?
Originally designed in 1998 as a 3-font family, updated in 2016 by new italics, small caps and many OpenType functions, resulting in a set of highly visible poster typefaces. More…
If a text is set in a good Egyptienne, we can observe a kind of sparkle in the lines. Slab-serifs are cheerful typefaces, possibly due to the fact that they developed simultaneously with Grotesque typefaces. The design principle originating from the first half of the 19th century does not have such firm and long-established roots as for example, the Venetian Roman typefaces, hence it’s much more prone to a “decline”. We know of Egyptiennes with uneven color, with letters falling backwards (this often happens in the case of “S”), and especially with slightly bizarre modeling of details. In the course of time, however, it was realized that such things could be quite pleasant and tempting. After a century and a half, we find that such Egyptiennes could refresh uniform computer typography. The forms of many twisted letters resemble the gestures of a juggler: others, rectangularly static ones, reflect the profile of a rail or a steel girder – things which, in their times, were new and were observed by the first creators of Egyptiennes. These typefaces are ideal for circus posters and programs for theatre performances, just as for printing on cement sacks.
Farao™ Font families
The Farao™ includes the following font families:
- Farao Regular
- Farao Regular Italic
- Farao Text
- Farao Text Italic
- Farao Bold
- Farao Bold Italic
- Farao Black
- Farao Black Italic
Farao™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Farao™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.