Noe
Schick Toikka · Florian Schick, Lauri Toikka
A high-contrast Latin serif with wedge-shaped serifs and beaked arches, in three optical sizes (Display, Standard, Text) with italics and broad European language support.
About
Noe is a high-contrast serif in the Latin (Etienne / Renaissance) genre that first blossomed in the 1880s. Large wedge-shaped serifs, beaked arches and a vertical stress axis with strong thick-thin contrast give it a fierce edge, tempered by a graceful italic with a blatantly cursive construction and long tapering entry and exit strokes. Three optical subfamilies tune the design to size: Noe Display is unapologetically expressive, with delicate hairlines for headlines; Noe Text adds heft and blunts corners just enough to keep details visible at body sizes; Noe Standard sits between them for subheads, intros and big screen sizes. Each comes in a range of weights plus italics and ships with a Latin Extended character set covering virtually every language of Western and Central Europe.
Classification
Schick Toikka link Noe to the 'Latin' genre (also known in German as 'Etienne' or 'Renaissance'), which first blossomed in the 1880s. Noe shares the older rational romans' vertical stress axis and strong contrast but is distinguished by tapered triangular serifs.