Aliens and Cows
Zetafonts · Francesco Canovaro · 2016
An ultra-condensed sans-serif display typeface by Francesco Canovaro, drawn from 1980s science fiction movie title cards with wide tracking and sci-fi themed alternates.
About
Seven weights from Thin to Heavy, plus a variable weight axis, give Aliens and Cows a broad tonal range despite its singular ultra-condensed form. Wide letterspacing counterpoints the narrow letterforms, lending it an airy quality suited to minimal logo work and editorial headlines. Sci-fi themed stylistic alternates, lined small caps and word ligatures round out the feature set, with coverage across Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts for 198 languages.
Classification
An ultra-condensed sans-serif designed explicitly for display use, inspired by 1980s sci-fi movie title cards. Its extreme compression and wide tracking place it firmly in the display category rather than general-purpose sans-serif.