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Description

Tarif is a typeface family inspired by the multicultural utopia of Convivencia — the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Christians and Jews in tenth century Andalusia, a region which played an important role in bringing to Europe the classics of Greek philosophy, together with Islamic culture and aesthetics. Designed for Zetafonts by Andrea Tartarelli, Tarif is a slab serif typeface with a humanist skeleton and inverted contrast, subtly mixing latin zeist, calligraphic details, extreme ink-traps, and postmodern unorthodox reinvention of traditional grotesque letter shapes.
The design of Tarif, perfect for titling, logo and display use, is complemented by a wide range of seven weights allowing for solid editorial use and great readability in body text. Matching italics have been designed with the help of Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, while Rania Azmi has collaborated on the design of the arabic version of Tarif, where the humanist shapes and inverted contrast of the latin letters find a natural connection with modern arabic letterforms.
As buoyant as reliable, Tarif includes also a wide array of Open Type Features (alternates, ligatures, positional numerals, case sensitive punctuation) to make design smooth and multi-script projects as exciting as a surf ride in the sunny Tarifa.

Type Designers

Zetafonts

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.

Licensing Information
The full Adobe Fonts library is cleared for both personal and commercial use.

As with everything from Adobe Fonts, you can use these fonts for:

Design Projects

Create images or vector artwork, including logos

Website Publishing

Create a Web Project to add any font from our service to your website

PDFs

Embed fonts in PDFs for viewing and printing

Video and Broadcast

Use fonts to create in-house or commercial video content

And more…

Visit the Adobe Fonts Licensing  FAQ for full details

Visit Zetafonts to purchase additional licensing and services, including:
Mobile Apps: Embed fonts in your app UI
Self Hosting: Host web font files on your own server
Custom Services: Request modifications or bespoke fonts directly from the foundry
Volume licensing: Use the fonts across your whole organization
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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:

{{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_family_name}} {{familyCtrl.selectedVariation.preferred_subfamily_name}}

Web

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

Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles.