Ny. Text
A text-optimised serif drawn from Mazarin and Astree references, with sharpness borrowed from blackletter logotype tradition, tuned for small-size legibility.
About
Part of the wider Ny. superfamily, this text cut adapts the Garamond-like qualities of Stephenson Blake's Mazarin and Deberny & Peignot's Astree, filtered through the high-contrast sharpness of The New York Times Magazine logotype. Proportions and detail have been reworked specifically for body copy performance, with seven weights from Light to Black each accompanied by italics. The family sits within a broad system that includes headline serifs, sans, slab and stencil variants.
Classification
Rooted in the Garamond tradition via Stephenson Blake's Mazarin and Deberny & Peignot's Astree, with sharpness and contrast drawn from Gothic Blackletter influence, rebalanced for text legibility at smaller sizes.