Dietal
Tour de Force · Dušan Jelesijević · 2019
A condensed slab serif in five weights, available in curved and sharp joining variants, blending western, calligraphic and display influences.
About
Designed by Dušan Jelesijević and released in July 2019, Dietal spans ten styles across two subfamilies: the standard curved version and a sharp-joining counterpart. The family draws on a wide range of influences from sans and slab through to calligraphy and western display, giving it a versatility unusual for a condensed face. Extended Latin and Cyrillic coverage across 463 glyphs makes it well suited to multilingual display and editorial work.
Classification
Classified explicitly as slab serif by the foundry; the condensed proportions and mixture of western, calligraphic and display influences sit firmly within the slab category despite the eclectic stylistic range.