Glotik
East of Rome · Lewis McGuffie
A multi-weight humanist sans by Lewis McGuffie, drawing on archaic and medieval scribal traditions across Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts.
About
Six weights from Roman to Ultra, each with matching italics styled as upright forms after early humanist scribes, give Glotik an unusual rhythm that reads comfortably at text size and holds attention at display scale. Historical stylistic alternates, small caps, tabular and lining numerals, and Cyrillic localisation variants for Bulgarian and Serbian round out a thorough feature set across 1,199 characters. The combination of irregular curves and rigid stems keeps it readable without flattening its character.
Classification
The designer describes Glotik as a humanist sans with archaic and medieval inflections, drawing on early humanist scribal conventions for its upright italics and irregular curves alongside rigid stems.