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Recta™

by Canada Type

Individual Styles from $24.95 USD

Complete family of 18 fonts: $249.95 USD

Recta Font Family was designed by Aldo Novarese, Patrick Griffin, Kevin Allan King and published by Canada Type. Recta contains 18 styles and family package options.

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Aa Glyphs

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Recta Light ▲

Recta Light

Recta Light Italic

Recta

Recta Italic

Recta Medium

Recta Medium Italic

Recta Bold

Recta Bold Italic

Recta ExtraBold

Recta Extra Bold Italic

Recta Light Condensed

Recta Condensed

Recta Medium Condensed

Recta Bold Condensed

Recta Light Small Caps

Recta Small Caps

Recta Medium Small Caps

Recta Bold Small Caps

Recta Light - Glyph count:

This is a listing of all glyphs contained in the font, including OpenType variants that may only be accessible via OpenType-aware applications.

Each basic character (“A”) is followed by Unicode variants of the same character (Á, Ä…), then OpenType variants (small caps, alternates, ligatures…). This way you can see all the variations on a single character in one place.

Family Packages

Recta

18 fonts

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Per Style:

$13.88 USD

Pack of 18 styles:

$249.95 USD

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Individual Styles

Tech Specs

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Licensing

Licensing Options

You can use this font in any of the following places. Read the full EULA text for details about each license. If you have a usage in mind that's not covered by these licenses, contact us and we'll see what we can do.

Desktop: for use on a desktop workstation

For the most common uses, both personal and professional, for use in desktop applications with a font menu.

For example:

Install the font on your Mac OS X or Windows system
Use the font within desktop applications such as Microsoft Word, Mac Pages, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, etc.
Create and print documents, as well as static images (.jpeg, .tiff, .png)

Desktop licenses are based on the number of users of the fonts. You can change the number of users by clicking the quantity dropdown option on Buying Choices or Cart pages.

Please be sure to review the listing foundry's Desktop license agreement as some restrictions may apply—such as use in logos/trademarks, geographic restrictions (number of locations), and products that will be sold.

Recta Desktop EULA

Webfonts: for your website

Webfonts allow you to embed the font into a webpage using the @font-face rule, so paragraphs and headings of text can be styled as the webfont. You will be serving the webfont kit for your own site and linking it in the CSS.

Webfonts can be used on a single domain. Agencies responsible for multiple websites, for example web design agencies or hosting providers, may not share a single webfont license across multiple websites.

If the font file itself won't be embedded in the website (for example, when the font is used in a static graphic image such as a logo) you should purchase a Desktop license instead.

Most foundries on MyFonts offer their webfonts with the Annual license model. Click here to Learn more.

Recta WebFont EULA

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Humanist

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Headline

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Classic

Unique

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About Recta Font Family

Recta was one of Aldo Novarese’s earliest contributions to the massive surge of the European sans serif genre that was booming in the middle of the 20th century. Initially published just one year after Neue Haas Grotesk came out of Switzerland and Univers out of France, and at a time when Akzidenz Grotesk and DIN were riding high in Germany and Gill Sans was making waves in Great Britain, it was intended to compete with all of those foundry faces, and later came to be known as the “Italian Helvetica”. It maintains traditional simplicity as its high point of functionality, while showing minimal infusion of humanistic traits. It shows that the construct of the grotesk does not have to be rigid, and can indeed have a touch of Italian flair. While the original Recta family lacked a proper suite of weights and widths, this digital version comes in five weights, corresponding italics, four condensed fonts, and small caps in four weights. It also includes a wide-ranging character set for extended Latin language support.

Designers: Aldo Novarese, Patrick Griffin, Kevin Allan King

Publisher: Canada Type

Foundry: Canada Type

Design Owner: Canada Type

MyFonts debut: Jul 8, 2011

Recta™ is a trademark of Canada Type.

About Canada Type

Canada Type is an independent digital lettering and font development studio based in Toronto. We were founded in 2004 by a couple of experienced designers who were not pleased with the quality and licensing terms of fonts around the turn of the century. Since then we have greatly expanded, built a versatile and popular retail catalogue, and helped many designers bring international attention to their talents in the constantly changing and increasingly competitive world of type design.While Canada Type o...

Recta™

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Numerals and scientific typesetting

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