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Romek specimen from The Designers Foundry

A serif family in 28 styles split between sharp and rounded variants, drawing on early twentieth-century Antiqua designs by Nebiolo and others.

About

Developed over three years, the family spans seven weights from Thin to Bold in both Sharp and Rounded versions, each with matching italics. Its sources include Genzsch-Antiqua (1906), Orlando (1920) and Paganini (1928), giving it a grounded, pre-modernist character suited to both display and text use. OpenType features run to small caps, old-style figures, ligatures, fractions and Roman numerals, with spacing and kerning by Igino Marini.

Classification

Romek is a serif family drawing on early twentieth-century Antiqua sources including Genzsch-Antiqua, Orlando and Paganini, placing it within a transitional to old-style serif tradition with upright, text-capable forms.

Weights

ThinExtra LightLightRegularMediumSemiboldBold

Family

Romek SharpRomek Rounded

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

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