Continuo™

Continuo is a fascinating, all-uppercase display typeface

wherein the contour of each letterform is described with

a single, continuous line. The challenges presented by that

simple idea are similar to constructing letterforms with neon

tubing. For example, when the strokes of a letterform need

to be heavier than the width of the neon tube, two tubes are

employed to create the outer contours, effectively leaving an

unfilled void inside the stroke. Also, since neon tubes cannot

be broken apart as they trace the contours, they must follow a

path that, for reasons of economy and to avoid optical massing

(or bright spots in neon), the tubes are not crossed. So

too, the construction of Continuo follows.

The newly updated Continuo now has alternate forms of letters

A-Z available in the lowercase a-z and by extension those

alternates are also present in the lowercase diacritics. The new

Latin Plus glyph repertoire of Continuo contains almost 900

glyphs, supporting 224 languages, including Vietnamese and

multiple African languages. A handy set of arrows and additional

international currency symbols were added as well.

The name is derived from the musical term “Basso Continuo”

meaning an almost constant bass line, an integral part of most

musical melodies.

As an in-line display type, Continuo is ideal for headlines and

most oversized applications and its unique appearance commands

attention from viewers.