pressio
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a skyline sans
DESIGNED BY MAX PHILLIPS
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PRESSIO, AN INTRODUCTION↘
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READING TYPE SET AT 16PT ON 24PT AS THE MORE VERTICAL DISPLAY FEATURES OF THE TYPEFACE REDUCE ITS LEGIBILITY AT SMALL SCALE. CAPTION SIZE SET AT 12PT ON 18PT
Pressio is a versatile display typeface designed by Max Philips at Signal Type Foundry. New York-born but Dublin-based, Max Phillips is the proprietor of the Signal Type Foundry & Drawing Office. A former novelist and toy designer, he now designs for clients like Bewley’s, CBS, Christie’s, Citi, FAO Schwarz, and Trinity College Dublin, as well as collaborating with studios and agencies in Ireland and abroad. Signal is a Dublin-based foundry and drawing office specialising in type design, lettering, and typographic branding. Their practice is driven by collaboration and based on over thirty years of branding experience.
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PRESSIO X–COMPRESSED
STATAN ISL QUEENS MANHATTAN BROOKLYN THE BRONKS 4
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№21 LIGHT X–COMPRESSED
№22 REGULAR X–COMPRESSED
№23 MEDIUM X–COMPRESSED
№24 BOLD X–COMPRESSED
№25 BLACK X–COMPRESSED
ALL THE WEIGHTS IN THE PRESSIO X–CONDENSED FAMILY AT A SIZE OF 150PT ON 150PT LEADING.
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PRESSIO COMPRESSED
WALL ST. TIMES SQU CENTRAL PK BROADWAY ROCKEFELLER 6
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№31 LIGHT COMPRESSED
№32 REG COMPRESSED
№33 MED COMPRESSED
№34 BOLD COMPRESSED
№35 BLACK COMPRESSED
ALL THE WEIGHTS IN THE PRESSIO COMPRESSED FAMILY AT A SIZE OF 150PT ON 150PT LEADING.
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PRESSIO CONDENSED
HOYT ST. WEST ST DUTCH S VESSEY S FULTON S 8
. T. ST. ST. ST.
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№41 LIGHT CONDENSED
№42 REGULAR CONDENSED
№43 MEDIUM CONDENSED
№44 BOLD CONDENSED
№45 BLACK CONDENSED
ALL THE WEIGHTS IN THE PRESSIO CONDENSED FAMILY AT A SIZE OF 150PT ON 150PT LEADING.
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PRESSIO REGULAR
PARK A SIXTH A MADIS FIFTH A FOURTH 10
AV. ↙ AV.→ SON↑ AV. ↘ H ↗
№51 LIGHT
№52 REGULAR
№53 MEDIUM
№54 BOLD
№55 BLACK
ALL THE WEIGHTS IN THE PRESSIO NORMAL FAMILY AT A SIZE OF 150PT ON 150PT LEADING.
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← THE PRESSIO FAMILY
Pressio is an expressive and versatile display typeface containing 20 styles in five weights (light, regular, medium, bold and black) and four widths (x-compressed, compressed, condensed and regular). The diversity of styles provide a broad range of expression. Pressio is a study in doing things backwards. First, Max began with the weight that’s usually drawn last: the ultra-compressed black. This was squashed down vertically in increments to make the compressed, condensed, and regular widths, then hollowed like a dugout canoe to produce the lighter weights. The narrower bold cuts are inspired by the great mid-century skyline sanses. The widest cuts are stark, idiosyncratic, and intense.
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Pressio contains a number of distinctive characteristics which enable it to have a diverse tone of voice. Forms are strict and modular. The x-height is high. Curves are subtly superelliptical, and square counters add crispness. Stylistic alternates are available to round some of the unexpectedly sharp corners of letters like S, s, and a, as well as alternate letterforms for j and r. A full range of diacritics provides support for over 130 languages, making Pressio the perfect international display typeface. Case-sensitive punctuation and delimiters are included.
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CONDENSED
CONDENSED
COMPRESSED
X–COMPRESSED
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ABCDEFGHIJKL
CASE SENSITIVE
abcdefghijkl
UPPERCASE AND LOWERCASE LETTERFOMS AT 150PT IN LIGHT AND BLACK WEIGHTS SHOWN ASCEDING WIDTHS.
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Ãã Áá Àà Āā
LANGUAGE GLYPHS
PRESSIO CONTAINS DIACRITICS THAT SUPPORT OVER 130 LANGUAGES
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Åå Ää Ăă Ąą
300PT IN THE X– COMPRESSED, COMPRESSED, CONDENSED AND NORMAL WIDTHS OF PRESSIO LIGHT AND BLACK
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PRESSIO CONTAINS CASE SENSITIVE NUMERATORS AND DENOMINATORS.
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1234567890123
NUMERICS
1234567890
300PT IN ALL FOUR WIDTHS OF PRESSIO IN LIGHT AND BLACK
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rr rr rr rr
STYLISTIC ALTERNATIVES
ALTERNATIVE LETTERFORMS FOR LOWERCASE R PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER EXPRESSION.
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rr rr rr rr
300PT IN X–COMPRESSED, COMPRESSED, CONDENSED AND NORMAL WIDTHS OF PRESSIO LIGHT AND BLACK
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PRESSIO FOR DISPLAY→
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As Pressio is primarily a display typeface, it works best at large scale. The modular shapes of the letterforms gives Pressio a bold, confident voice. Pressio demands attention, and is therefore ideally used as a headline display font in tandem to a reading typeface.
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LICENSING: Individually, each style of Pressio costs $50. Purchasing a family of five weights (x-compressed, condensed or normal) costs $160. The full font family including all 20 weights retails at $600. For more information about licensing visit www.signalfoundry.com
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VERTICAL ORIENTATION
CHRYSLER FLATIRON BUILDING
REGULAR COMPRESSED
LIGHT COMPRESSED
UPPERCASE PRESSIO COMPRESSED AT 150PT ON 150PT
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BOLD COMPRESSED
CENTRAL PARK TOWER WORLD TRADE CENTRE ONE VANDERBILT
MEDIUM COMPRESSED
BLACK COMPRESSED
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UPPERCASE PRESSIO X– COMPRESSED AT 300PT ON 240PT
MEDIUM X–COMPRE
ONE ASTOR PLAZA CARNEGIE HALL
BLACK X–COMPRESSED
BOLD X–COMPRESSED
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ONE MANHATTAN WEST NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING
REGULAR X–COMPRESSED
ESSED
LIGHT X–COMPRESSED
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VERTICAL ORIENTATION
carnegie hall 20 exchange place
BOLD COMPRESSED
BLACK COMPRESSED
LOWERCASE PRESSIO COMPRESSED AT 150PT ON 150PT
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one astor plaza one manhattan west penn plaza
REGULAR COMPRESSED
MEDIUM COMPRESSED
LIGHT COMPRESSED
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UPPERCASE PRESSIO X– COMPRESSED AT 300PT ON 240PT
MEDIUM X–COMPRE
56 leonard street citispire centre
LIGHT X–COMPRESSED
REGULAR X–COMPRESSED
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empire state buil ding rockerfeller plaza
ESSED
BLACK X–COMPRESSED
BOLD X–COMPRESSED
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Pressio Designed by Max Phillips. Published by Signal Type Foundry, Ireland. www.signalfoundry.com hello@signalfoundry.com
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