Zócalo
Credits
- Designer(s)
- Cyrus Highsmith
- Foundry(ies)
- Font Bureau
- Release Year
- 2002
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Classification
- Serif, Transitional
- Original Format
- Digital
- Distributor(s)
- FontBureau, MyFonts, FontShop
- Tags
- display, editorial design, legible, lively, magazine, packaging, quirky, serif, transitional
Background
Eduardo Danilo’s dramatic redesign of El Universal, a leading Mexico City daily, introduced Cyrus Highsmith’s Zócalo. The original text, and display series was tuned for distinct character frequency and repetition when set in Spanish. Nicholas Kis’s oldstyle and Chauncey Griffith’s classic newsface Ionic No. 5 inspired the sturdy text while the “energetic character of Mexico City” influenced the display; FB 2002“08