Arzachel
CAST · Riccardo Olocco · 2017
A humanist sans by Riccardo Olocco with flared stem terminations, gently sloped romans and inscriptional capitals that hold up equally well at text and display sizes.
About
Designed to companion Zenon and first used in print while still in development, Arzachel carries several deliberate details: romans that are lightly sloped across all styles, letter terminals that widen outward, and capitals with a quiet inscriptional quality. Contrast stays low in lighter weights but becomes pronounced in the Black. Four weights with matching italics give publishers and editorial designers a compact but characterful range.
Classification
Described explicitly as a humanist sanserif; organic letter forms, flared stem terminations, inscriptional capitals and low-to-moderate contrast all point firmly to the humanist sans tradition.