Staff X Wide
R-Typography · Rui Abreu · 2019
The extra-wide cut of Rui Abreu's Staff family, a neo-grotesque with rigid geometry and subtly offbeat detailing across 12 styles.
About
Staff X Wide sits at the broadest end of an 82-style family spanning seven widths and six weights with matching 14-degree slanted italics. Letterforms follow the neo-grotesque tradition but carry distinctive touches: a pointed apex on the M, an enlarged bowl on the a, and a vertically-cut tail on the Q. Terminals are cut horizontally at a consistent height across letters and weights, and vertical metrics are shared across the entire family.
Classification
Staff X Wide is explicitly described as neo-grotesque in tradition, with mechanical, dry letterforms and structural rigidity characteristic of that genre. The X Wide variant is the broadest width in a large multi-width family.