Plakate is an ultra-condensed sans family of five weights. The strokes thin, the widths narrow, the spacing tightens, and the typeface compresses on more than one axis at a time. Thin runs tallest, narrowest, and most graphic. Medium the widest within the family, and most architectural. The DNA is Swiss. Emil Ruder is an influence, both his book Typographie and his poster work, where a similar approach to extreme proportion appears. The shape came first. Ultra-thin, ultra-tall, almost architectural. Cina drew it several times for projects in the early 2000s before building it out as a family in 2021.
Family Size
5 Styles: Roman
Features
12 stylistic sets, multiple figure styles, ligatures, super and subscript numbers, symbols, arrows, enclosed alphanumerics and letters, and extra character alternates.
Character sets
Latin Extended. ~625 glyphs per weight. 339 languages.
Custom Cuts
Licensing
Desktop/Print, Web, Content, App/Game, Logo/Wordmark, Core Media, All Media. Custom License Available.
Formats
OTF, WOFF2, Variable (based on license type)
Plakate is an ultra-condensed sans in five weights, built around a height axis where weight, width, and spacing shift together across the family, designed for poster and display work where compression is treated as a spectrum.
The tallest and narrowest cut. The stroke weight is at its finest here, which is also the weight of the accents in Medium. Most graphic in character, most active as typographic texture. Built for large-scale poster work where the height axis can stretch fully.
Michael Cina
Family
Plakate
Designers
Michael Cina
Release
2021
Family Size
5 Styles: Roman
Features
12 stylistic sets, multiple figure styles, ligatures, super and subscript numbers, symbols, arrows, enclosed alphanumerics and letters, and extra character alternates.
Character Set
Latin Extended. ~625 glyphs per weight. 339 languages.
Formats
OTF, WOFF2, Variable (based on license type)
Licensing
Desktop/Print, Web, Content, App/Game, Logo/Wordmark, Core Media, All Media. Custom License Available.
Supported Languages
Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Achuar-Shiwiar, Afar, Afrikaans, Aguaruna, Ahtna, Alekano, Aleut, Algonquin, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Apinayé, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asu (Tanzania), Atayal, Awetí, Balinese, Banjar, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Chachi, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dehu, Dimli, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Embu, English, Ese Ejja, Esperanto, Falam Chin, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Ganda, Garifuna, Ga'anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Hakha Chin, Hani, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Hän, Icelandic, Ido, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue, Irish, Istro Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kaingang, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Kaqchikel, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenzi/Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirmanjki, Kituba (DRC), Klingon, Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kven Finnish, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Latgalian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Lozi, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Madurese, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Marshallese, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mizo, Mohawk, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Muslim Tat, Mwani, Mískito, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Azerbaijani, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Uzbek, Northwestern Ojibwa, Norwegian, Novial, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Ojitlán Chinantec, Orma, Oroqen, Otuho, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Paraguayan Guaraní, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pipil, Pite Sami, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Purepecha, Páez, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Shuar, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Azerbaijani, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Talysh, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Toba, Tojolabal, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Toki Pona, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tonga (Zambia), Tosk Albanian, Tsakhur, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvalu, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Umbundu, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Venetian, Veps, Volapük, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waorani, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xavánte, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yucateco, Zapotec, Zulu, Zuni, Záparo