A variable font revival of a notoriously eccentric 1821 Italian slab typeface from Caslon & Catherwood's type specimen, currently in early release with uppercase-only character sets.
About
Drawn from a typeface that earned descriptions such as "typographic monstrosity" and "degenerate" in its own era, Oldita resurrects an 1821 display slab with a variable font axis spanning Thin to Bold. Version 0.1 ships with 478 glyphs per weight and covers Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Hebrew scripts, though lowercase characters are planned for future updates. It sits best in poster, title and display contexts where its deliberately perverse western-slab character is an asset rather than a liability.
Classification
Oldita is based on an 1821 Italian typeface from Caslon & Catherwood's type specimen, a historically unusual slab-like display style with western characteristics, described by contemporaries as a typographic monstrosity, placing it firmly in the decorative slab display tradition.