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Glissade specimen from Kerns & Cairns

A WPA National Parks poster-inspired display family with contrast and monoline variants across standard, condensed and compressed widths.

About

Taking its cues from the lettering of WPA National Parks posters, Glissade offers a high-contrast display cut alongside a low-contrast Monoline version across seven weights from Light to Black. The family spans three widths — standard, Condensed and Compressed — with variable fonts available throughout, giving designers considerable flexibility for poster and branding work. Swashy R and Q tail alternates add period-appropriate character to the set.

Classification

Glissade draws directly from the lettering tradition of WPA National Parks posters, which sit squarely in the Art Deco display vernacular. The low-contrast variant (Monoline) distinguishes it further, but the primary design intent is decorative and display-oriented.

Weights

LightRegularMediumSemiboldBoldExtraboldBlack

Optical sizes and widths

standardCondensedCompressed

Family

Glissade MonolineGlissade CondensedGlissade Condensed MonolineGlissade CompressedGlissade Compressed Monoline

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

art-decowpadisplaypostersvariablemonolinenational-parksretro