Statius is, obviously, Albertus (Berthold Wolpe 1932–1940) re-interpreted through a contemporary and fresh approach. However, in many senses it is also very different from Albertus. Statius began as an attempt to design something like Albertus from memory, and the first thing to notice is that I got rid of some of the most characteristic letters that make Albertus so memorable—most of all the lowercase a, but also the uppercase M and R. Secondly, there is an italic that was drawn independently of the roman counterpart that includes a small set of swash capitals inspired by Wolpe’s work. Other than that there is also a different treatment of the contrast and proportions. Statius comes in six weights with matching italics and a large character set.
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