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Urge Text™

by Eclectotype
Individual Styles from $30.00 USD
Complete family of 24 fonts: $240.00 USD
Urge Text Font Family was designed by Dave Rowland and published by Eclectotype. Urge Text contains 24 styles and family package options.

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About Urge Text Font Family


It started with an italic, or to be more precise, half an italic. The slanted styles of Urge Text exhibit a certain bipolarity, the tops of glyphs having a standard italic form, the bottoms of glyphs being more Roman in their construction. This sturdy footing really locks the italics to the baseline, making them very legible while still being distinct from the uprights. The same bipolar approach didn't work very well in upright styles, so the Romans are more toned down. Ranging from the almost monoline, Egyptian style light weights to higher contrast ‘Modern’ bolds, there is much potential for use in typographically demanding scenarios. The family consists of six weights, normal and condensed widths, all with italics, making a total of 24 fonts; it’s a highly usable text typeface with an array of OpenType features. All styles include small caps, multiple figure styles (proportional- and tabular-, oldstyle and lining, small cap proportional figures, numerators, denominators, superscript and subscript), standard ligatures, alternate forms (stylistic sets), automatic fractions, case sensitive forms, and a handy (perhaps!) ‘percent off’ ligature in the discretionary ligatures feature.

Designers: Dave Rowland

Publisher: Eclectotype

Foundry: Eclectotype

Design Owner: Eclectotype

MyFonts debut: Oct 1, 2013

Urge Text™ is a trademark of Eclectotype.

About Dave Rowland Type

First it was Schizotype, then Eclectotype, now meet Dave Rowland Type, the foundry whose typefaces will breathe new life into your work. With a passion for fonts, Dave uses artistry and craft to transform your words with his captivating array of typefaces. More than just letters, his fonts are distinctly versatile, wildly detailed, and carefully refined. Whether you need a classic serif, modern sans, playful script, or quirky display, Dave Rowland Type embodies emotion, style, and storytelling.

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