Damocles
E162 · Antoine Elsensohn · 2017
seriftransitional serif
A single-weight text serif by Antoine Elsensohn, released in 2017 and available on request from E162.
About
Designed by Antoine Elsensohn and published through the French foundry E162, Damocles is a text serif issued in a single Regular weight covering 223 characters. The specimen, available in print form via E162's print portal, is presented with body copy exploring ideas around alphabetical ordering and language. It is distributed on request rather than through a standard retail channel.
Classification
The specimen imagery and the single-weight, text-focused design suggest a classical serif with transitional characteristics, suitable for book and editorial settings.
Weights
Regular
Languages
Latin
Tags
serifbooktextclassicalsingle-weightfrencheditorial