Eixample Villa
Type-ø-tones · José Manuel Urós, Sabina Chipară
A geometric sans in six weights by José Manuel Urós and Sabina Chipară, named after the Barcelona district renowned for its rational grid planning.
About
Named after the Eixample, Barcelona's nineteenth-century grid district, this geometric sans runs from Thin to Heavy across six weights. The specimen text draws on figures associated with urban planning and architecture, from Ildefons Cerdà to Bruno Taut, suggesting the typeface is consciously positioned within that tradition. Designed by José Manuel Urós and Sabina Chipară at Type-ø-tones.
Classification
The name and specimen suggest a clean, structured sans with geometric tendencies, consistent with type released by Type-ø-tones in the tradition of rationalist urban planning aesthetics.