Italian Plate No2 Expanded
A wide-set grotesque from Playtype drawing on industrial plate lettering conventions, cut for display and headline use.
About
Italian Plate No2 Expanded sits within Playtype's Italian Plate series, taking the grotesque letterforms of early industrial plate lettering and stretching them into an expanded width suited to large-scale and headline settings. The page content is sparse, offering little technical detail on weight range or language coverage. What the name and foundry context suggest is a typeface pitched at editorial and branding work where a wide, confident grotesque is needed.
Classification
The name and expanded width suggest a stretched grotesque or industrial sans rooted in early 20th-century plate lettering traditions, consistent with Playtype's geometric-leaning grotesque output.