Barteldes
A display family drawn from 1906 Denver architectural lettering and early twentieth-century sign painting manuals, offered in six weights with size-specific optical cuts and swash capitals.
About
Six weights from Thin to Black are each supported by small, medium and large size-specific fonts that preserve hairlines at different scales, a practical consideration that reflects the family's origins in physical lettering traditions. Capital letters derive from architectural drawings by the Denver firm Gove & Walsh, built in 1906, while the lowercase follows exemplars from Frank Atkinson's 1909 manual 'Sign Painting Up to Now'. Swash capitals and coverage of over 200 languages extend its range well beyond its vernacular source material.
Classification
Rooted in early twentieth-century American architectural lettering and sign painting, Barteldes is a display family with strong vernacular credentials, making it firmly display rather than a conventional serif or sans classification.