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Basil

Basil

by Karandash
Individual Styles from $0.00 USD
Complete family of 6 fonts: $69.95 USD
Basil Font Family was designed by Vassil Kateliev and published by Karandash. Basil contains 6 styles and family package options.

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Per Style:

$9.98 USD

Pack of 3 styles:

$29.95 USD

About Basil Font Family


A mix between tradition and innovation, Basil is a unique humanist slab serif well suitable for broad range of design projects - editorial, logotype, poster, etc. With its tall x-height and generous internal spaces, the type family was especially designed with legibility in mind and is well suitable for body text at small sizes. In the same time Basil is equally able as titling and headline font due to numerous distinctive visual features that shape its attractive appearance. A true workhorse, packed with lots of OpenType features and full multilingual support, the type family consisting of six weights, with Regular available for free! Basil type family received Special Mention in Cyrillic text Typeface category at 7th International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces - Granshan 2014. It also was exhibited at New Bulgarian Typography exhibition part of Sofia Design week 2013 and then took part in several travelling exhibitions.

Designers: Vassil Kateliev

Publisher: Karandash

Foundry: Karandash

Design Owner: Karandash

MyFonts debut: Jun 26, 2014

Basil

About Karandash

Karandash is an independent type foundry founded by Vassil Kateliev, a type designer, graphic designer, and software developer based in Varna, Bulgaria. With a focus on high-quality, functional typography, Karandash is home to notable type families such as Basil, which received an award in the Cyrillic Category at GRANSHAN 2014, and Bolyar, co-authored for FontMaker and widely used in package and spirit labeling.Beyond type design, Karandash is also dedicated to font engineering and workflow automation. Vassil has collaborated on major projects such as Science Gothic and Material Icons for Google, while also developing innovative tools for the industry—most notably the TypeRig font development kit. With a commitment to both craftsmanship and technological innovation, Karandash continues to refine and expand its library of typefaces.

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