Gotta Scotch
Type-ø-tones · Marcela Aguilera, Pedro González
A three-weight Scotch Roman family with matching italics, drawing on the high-contrast bracketed serif tradition of 19th-century British and American type.
About
Designed by Marcela Aguilera and Pedro González for Type-ø-tones, Gotta Scotch covers Regular, Medium and Bold each with a companion italic, giving six styles in total. The Scotch Roman genre brings pronounced stroke contrast, sturdy bracketed serifs and a crisp upright axis suited to editorial and display work. A focused, historically grounded family for settings that want period warmth without pastiche.
Classification
The name directly references the Scotch Roman tradition, a category of transitional serifs with high contrast, robust bracketed serifs and upright stress developed in 19th-century Scottish and American type foundries.