Marlet is a beautiful and inspiring set of typographic elements based on a minimal and simplistic approach to elegance. Originally designed as a single-style font for a Mexican cosmetics institute and its exclusive make-up and skincare line aimed at upper-middle income bracket women, Marlet has progressively bloomed.
Parachute Typefoundry’s type system is made for timeless elegance through numerous combinations diverting from passing trends in type design. Inspiration came from the roaring 20s and 30s, decades that embraced women’s independence both socially and politically. Taking intricate hints from the era whilst maintaining approachability, the contemporary dynamic version of this humanist typeface evolved with modulated strokes. Its thick-thin, serif-less strokes express the modernity of the fashion industry, breaking away from the monotone sans serif.
A type system with contrast progressing from low (Text version) through medium (Display) to high (Finesse), with differentiated letter widths (Titling), extravagant letterforms (Swash) and finally 64 eclectic patterns (Motifs), Marlet evolved from a single typeface into a comprehensive type system in various weights which support Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
Contrary to other Marlet families, the sophisticated capitals of the Display version come with slightly tapered strokes in order to embody the contemporary qualities of a sans serif typeface into the dynamic virtue of a serif. Simple and elegant at the same time and in contrast to Didot and Bodoni, Marlet is typeface that is nonconformist, multifaceted, fashionable and romantic, strong and chic, casual yet provocative.
It has received awards from TDC, Red Dot, Tokyo TDC and German Design Awards.
Parachute is a digital type foundry and design agency, specialising in bespoke type design, corporate typefaces and lettering. We use the power of typography to transform living brands to global brands, enrich their identity and localise their language in emerging markets. Our team is a visionary group of type designers, graphic designers, font engineers and copywriters which has effectively collaborated with leading international organizations to incorporate complex custom type design into their brand’s strategic plan and convey their message in style.
We have designed proprietary typefaces for some of the world’s most iconic brands and institutions such as Bank of America, Apple, European Commission, National Geographic, Ikea, Kraft Foods, UEFA, Samsung, Financial Times, Pernod Ricard, Ogilvy, Emirates.
Our work has earned numerous accolades around the world with top honours from TDC, Red Dot, European Design Awards, Tokyo TDC, HiiiBrand, Granshan Awards, Communication Arts and several others.
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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:
PF Marlet Display ThinWeb
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: pf-marlet-display, sans-serif;
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: 200;
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
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