Dialogue
Zetafonts · Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli · 2023
A garalde serif by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Andrea Tartarelli that fuses Venetian renaissance proportions with sharper, more contemporary detailing across two distinct stylistic subfamilies.
About
Built on the old-style letterform tradition of Francesco Griffo and 15th-century Venice, the typeface applies crisp edges and deliberate structural tension alongside the high readability characteristic of humanist serifs. Two subfamilies, Dialogue A and Dialogue B, offer contrasting interpretations of the same formal vocabulary, with six weights and matching italics in each. Non-standard punctuation and conversation-specific symbols are accessible via OpenType features, and the full family includes variable font files for both upright and italic axes.
Classification
Dialogue is explicitly rooted in garalde letterforms traceable to Francesco Griffo and 15th-century Venetian punchcutting, placing it firmly in the old-style/venetian serif tradition, with the added tension of brutalist sharpness applied to renaissance proportions.