Blackest is an inverse contrast wedge serif typeface family, designed by Francesco Canovaro and Andrea Tartarelli as a development of the design space of Blacker typeface, designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini. It keeps the classical skeleton and sharp edges of the original, while bringing the contrast of the typeface into the realm of the so-called “Italian” or reverse-contrast typefaces. The result is a typeface family that manages to be quirky yet classical, and at the same time playful without losing elegance. With its exuberance and six weights characterized by eye-catching proportions, Blackest is perfect for display use, such as in editorial & magazine design, poster design and logo development. A text variant in two weights, with less contrast, looser spacing, and high readability, has been developed for typesetting of longer texts. Blackest features an extended character set that covers over 220 languages using the Latin alphabet, as well as Russian Cyrillic. Open Type features include small caps, positional figures, alternate letter forms, stylistic sets, arrows and extra punctuation and discretionary ligatures.
Zetafonts is an award-winning type foundry established in 2001 in the heart of Florence by Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini.
Powered by a team of branding and design veterans, the Italian foundry stands out for a prolific portfolio of contemporary type-families and revival fonts. Zetafonts works alongside major brands for the production of bespoke solutions and multi-script typographic branding consultancy, and offers a wide collection of retail fonts.
The activities of Zetafonts also include the promotion of typographic culture, through the organization of academic initiatives TypeCampus, conferences and type design courses.
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How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
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To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.family.css_font_stack.replace('"', '').replace('",', ', ')}};
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.font.web.weight}};
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
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