ABC Otto
Dinamo Typefaces · Sam de Groot, Laura Opsomer Mironov
A cheerful text serif by Sam de Groot and Laura Opsomer Mironov, loosely descended from the Baroque types of Miklós Kis but reshaped into something distinctly its own.
About
Otto began as an irreverent remix of 17th-century Baroque type by Amsterdam-based Hungarian punchcutter Miklós Kis, one of the central figures of 'le goût hollandois'. Where Kis is stern and jagged, Otto is round and wide, with a larger x-height and occasionally top-heavy proportions that make no claim to historical fidelity. The italics depart entirely from Baroque convention, replacing floral ornament with a bubbly, open simplicity and a strongly varying slope that lends the family its lilting rhythm.
Classification
Rooted in the Dutch Baroque tradition of Miklós Kis, Otto descends from 17th-century 'le goût hollandois' serif forms, though with an enlarged x-height, rounder evenness and ahistorical proportions that distinguish it from strict revival work.