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Provincial Railway

Provincial Railway

by Fabio Ares
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Complete family of 3 fonts: $24.99 USD
Provincial Railway Font Family was designed by Fabio Ares, Octavio Osores and published by Fabio Ares. Provincial Railway contains 3 styles and family package options.

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About Provincial Railway Font Family


Provincial Railway is the first product of argentine typographic archeology project called "Tipografía Histórica Ferroviaria" (Fabio Ares & Octavio Osores, since 2012). Is about the signboards of the stations of the P1 line of the Provincial Railway of Buenos Aires (1907-1977).

The letter of this signboards can be described as display type, with a tall box and a constructivist style, with elementary geometric shapes and without line modulation. Although without a doubt, its differential feature is provided by the rectangular shapes that it has towards the ascending and descending lines, which in some cases coincide with the stems, showing a curious rhythm in the composition of the text line.

The family is completed with complementary fonts of different styles. The proceeds from the sale of the fonts will be used to finance the project.

Designers: Fabio Ares, Octavio Osores

Publisher: Fabio Ares

Foundry: Fabio Ares

Design Owner: Fabio Ares

MyFonts debut: Jul 30, 2022

Provincial Railway

About Fabio Ares

Designer based in City Bell (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Professor of the Typography Chair of the Faculty of Arts of the National University of La Plata and lecturer. His fonts are based on his historical research on printing and typographic uses in Argentina and used by organizations linked to heritage. Co-founder of the Historical Railway Typography project, he designs fonts based on the signs used by Argentine railways since 1857.The main objective of the works included in this foundry is that they transcend borders and be used in other latitudes as a way to vindicate Argentine visual culture. What is collected through the commercialization of the typefaces destined to finance the investigations.

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