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Gordian Kapitalen specimen from Typotheque

A capitals-only display system built around geometric fills and directional ornamental variants, sold as individual named styles.

About

Gordian Kapitalen is a capitals-focused display type system offering four weights alongside a set of speciality variants including directional cuts (NE, SE, SW, NW), circle forms, and randomised options. Each named style is sold individually under city names from Amsterdam to Luxembourg. The system sits alongside the broader Gordian family, which includes italic text weights not present in the Kapitalen branch.

Classification

A capitals-only display system with geometric ornamental variants and directional fills, placing it firmly in the display/decorative category rather than a standard text face.

Weights

LightRegularMediumBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

capitalsdisplaydecorativegeometricornamentalmodularsystem