Vercetti Regular, also known as Vercetti, is a single-weight sans serif font. It is available for use in both commercial and personal projects.[1] The first version of Vercetti was released in 8 September 2022 under the license Licence Amicale, which allows users to share the font files with friends and colleagues.[2]
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| Category | Sans serif |
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| Date released | 8 September 2022 |
| Glyphs | 325 |
| License | Licence Amicale |
| Design based on | MgOpen Moderna |
| Also known as | Vercetti |
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| Website | filipposfragkogiannis.com/fonts/vercetti-regular |
| Latest release version | 1.001 |
| Latest release date | 23 March 2024 |
Background
editVercetti is a single-weight computer font distributed for free (as freeware), created by Greek graphic designer Filippos Fragkogiannis in collaboration with type designer Richard Mandona.[3]
Vercetti Regular is inspired by humanistic and geometric design elements.[4] When creating Vercetti, the designers drew elements from an earlier open-source font called MgOpen Moderna.[5]
The font includes has 326 glyphs, encompassing numbers, symbols, punctuation marks, and accents,[6] making it suitable for all languages in Europe that use the Latin alphabet.[7]
Vercetti is suitable for graphic design, web design, applications and e-books. It is available for download in the following file formats: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2.
Awards
editVercetti Regular received an Award of Excellence at the 13th Annual Typography Competition, organized by the American magazine Communication Arts.[8]
It also won numerous other design industry awards, including a Silver Award at the 2024 Graphis Design Awards,[9] a Merit at the 2022 Hiiibrand Awards and a Bronze Award at the 2023 Creativepool Annual.
Additionally, Vercetti Regular was named a Winner at the DNA Paris Design Awards 2023, won a Silver Award at the 2023 C-IDEA Design Awards, and secured three shortlist positions at the ADC 102nd Annual Awards.
Furthermore, the website Awwwards included Vercetti Regular in its list of the 100 best free fonts of 2022.[10]
Related pages
editExternal links
edit- Official website
- Licence Amicale
- Type specimen
- Fonts In Use (Vercetti)
Media related to Vercetti Regular at Wikimedia Commons
References
edit- ^ Dohmann, von Antje (19 September 2022). "Freefont Vercetti". PAGE online (in German). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Moglia, Anton. "Licence Amicale". Licence Amicale (in French). France. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
La Licence Amicale permet de mettre à disposition des créations numériques à ses ami·es grâce au partage en pair à pair.
- ^ "Vercetti Regular". Core77. United States of America. 2023. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
Vercetti Regular is a sans serif font inspired by a humanistic design with a geometric touch.
- ^ Marchetti, Alessio (7 December 2023). "Vercetti Font: A Free Sans Serif For Humanistic Design (+ 326 Glyphs)". Desircle. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Free Font Vercetti Regular: A Year in Review and Future Plans". People of Print. United Kingdom. 9 October 2023 [9 October 2023]. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
The designers were influenced by MgOpen Moderna, an open source sans-serif typeface introduced by Magenta Ltd. in Greece in 2004. MgOpen Moderna draws inspiration from the design principles of Helvetica, embracing the simplicity of Modernism, with a neutral and clean construction suitable for small text and titles.
- ^ Humbert, Mirko. "Vercetti Regular: A Free Sans Serif With A Geometric Touch". Typography Daily. Switzerland. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
326 glyphs came out of this intense collaboration, enough to ensure full range of characters to anyone using it in a project.
- ^ "Vercetti Regular Free Sans-Serif Font". People of Print. United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
While designing Vercetti, the creators pulled out and reassembled pieces from an earlier release, so Vercetti became a decisively enhanced descendant of Magenta Ltd's MgOpen Moderna open source typeface.
- ^ "Vercetti Regular". Communication Arts. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Vercetti Regular – Graphis". www.graphis.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "100 Best Free Fonts for Designers in 2022". www.awwwards.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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