
Quarto – Font
Dark and mysterious, eloquent and bright. A fiery display face rooted in one of typography’s most significant periods, Quarto is a study in contrast and control. Beginning in 1570, the Flemish punchcutter Hendrik van den Keere created some of the world’s first display types, large-size alphabets for choirbooks that were designed to be read at a distance. These typefaces, with their dark strokes and compact proportions, grew out of the gothic tradition of the north, and were characteristic of a regional style that came to be known as the “Dutch taste.” ...