A transitional serif with two optical size families — Text and Display — drawing on Dutch antique models such as Plantin and Times.
About
Structured around the Dutch antique tradition, Recife introduces a distinctive detail: extra space worked into the counterspaces of letters such as a, f and s, giving it a measured openness at small sizes. The Text family prioritises clarity and sharpness for running copy, while the Display family increases contrast for expressive headline use. Both are available as variable fonts with a weight axis from Light to Black and an interpolating axis between Text and Display.
Classification
Recife draws explicitly from Dutch antique models such as Plantin and Times, placing it firmly in the transitional serif tradition. The two optical size families — Text and Display — reflect a classical editorial approach to type design.