Heldane Text
Klim Type Foundry · Kris Sowersby · 2018
A contemporary garalde text serif blending Garamont, Granjon, van den Keere and de Colines, sturdy enough to carry long-form body copy.
About
A garalde text serif by Kris Sowersby drawn from the renaissance work of Hendrik van den Keere, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon and Simon de Colines, refined through digital drawing for present-day setting. Six styles run Regular, Medium and Bold with italics, plus small caps, old-style and tabular numerals, and a swash programme inherited from the Display cut. The Text size in the Heldane system, paired naturally with Heldane Display for headlines.
Classification
Klim classifies it as Classical: Garalde/Oldstyle; a contemporary serif drawing on Hendrik van den Keere, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon and Simon de Colines, with old-style numerals, small caps and a full italic swash programme tuned for body text.