Arsenica

• Prize
  Best of Best in Typefaces / Typography
• Company
  Zetafonts
• Lead
  Francesco Canovaro
• Team
  Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Andrea Tartarelli, Mario De Libero
• Credits
  Graphic Design by: Sofia Bandini & Beatrice Murphy
• Video
  Link to video

Arsenica is a serif typeface inspired by early 20th-century Italian poster design, blending old style letterforms with Art Nouveau and Deco influences. It began with the Arsenica Antiqua family, a low-contrast display typeface with quirky proportions. The Arsenica Display family added high contrast and expanded weights with calligraphic qualities. Arsenica Alternate features a modern serif aesthetic, while Arsenica Text has been optimized for impeccable readability in body text. The superfamily includes 41 weights and covers 200+ languages, open type features and 2 variable fonts.

Zetafonts is an independent digital type foundry based in the heart of Florence, Italy. The foundry has been out of the 20-years long experience of its founders (Francesco Canovaro, Debora Manetti and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini,) in typographical branding. It aims to produce typefaces that bridge the gap between practical and beautiful, providing finely crafted and innovative yet solid design tools for graphic designers, art directors and brand managers worldwide.