Artusi
Zetafonts · Francesco Canovaro · 2022
A transitional serif by Francesco Canovaro, drawing on the legacy of Italian food writer Pellegrino Artusi across seven weights and two optical sizes.
About
Designed at Zetafonts and released in 2022, the family spans text and display versions under the Roman and Grande subfamilies, with 28 styles plus two variable fonts covering weight and optical size axes. Lighter weights lean on high contrast and spiky serifs suited to text setting, while heavier cuts carry calligraphic swashes and luscious curves aimed at packaging and logotypes. An extensive OpenType feature set includes swashes, oldstyle figures, discretionary ligatures and multiple stylistic sets, with coverage across 208 languages.
Classification
Described explicitly as a transitional serif by the foundry, with high contrast between thicks and thins in lighter weights and calligraphic details in heavier weights; the Grande subfamily adds a distinct display optical size.