Stadt is a bold display sans with heavy strokes, high x-height, and accents pulled to a true hairline. The spacing is closed in until the letters almost touch. Set as a headline, the letters lock into each other and read as a graphic block, with pattern surfacing on its own.
Family Size
1 Style: Roman
Features
9 stylistic sets, Cyrillic, case-sensitive forms, multiple figure styles, fractions and ordinals, enclosed Alphanumerics, symbols, arrows, ligatures, character alternates
Character sets
Latin Extended. ~620 glyphs per weight. 283 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)
Armin Hofmann and Herb Lubalin both sit as inspiration behind the drawing. Stadt draws from both.
Stadt came out of an aesthetic pull toward high contrast. Cina had been drawing toward a bold sans with a high x-height, heavy strokes, and thin whitespace.
Beyond the stylistic sets, Stadt carries a working set of graphic elements built into the typeface itself. Ligatures. Arrows drawn to the hairline weight of the accents, so they integrate with the letterforms rather than sitting beside them as imported icons. Geometric shapes. Recycling symbols. Icons drawn in the same logic as the letters. Multilingual support across extended Latin. 567 glyphs. The icons and arrows are drawn with the letterforms and they share the typeface's contrast logic. A designer setting Stadt can pull from the alternates, the ligatures, the icons, and the arrows as a robust graphic system.
Michael Cina
Family
Stadt
Designers
Michael Cina
Release
2020
Family Size
1 Style: Roman
Features
9 stylistic sets, Cyrillic, case-sensitive forms, multiple figure styles, fractions and ordinals, enclosed Alphanumerics, symbols, arrows, ligatures, character alternates
Character Set
Latin Extended. ~620 glyphs per weight. 283 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, Rarotongan, 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, Han, 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, 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, Malay, Maltese, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Marshallese, Matsés, Morisyen, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Lushai, 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