Urbani
W Type Foundry · Salvador Rodriguez
A sans-serif blending Neohumanist and Neogrotesque influences across nine weights, designed with reading comfort and alternate glyph flexibility in mind.
About
Designed by Salvador Rodriguez and inspired by Adrian Frutiger and Paul Renner, Urbani sits between humanist warmth and grotesque rationality. Its subtly narrow proportions, tall ascenders, generous counter-forms and ink traps are all oriented toward extended text setting in print and digital contexts. The family ships with 18 styles including full italic coverage, plus a broad OpenType feature set encompassing alternate glyphs, old-style figures, smallcaps and ligatures.
Classification
Described as a blend of Neohumanist and Neogrotesque influences, inspired by Frutiger and Renner, placing it at the intersection of humanist warmth and grotesque rationality.