MOVES LIKE JAGGER
MOVES LIKE JAGGER
MOVES LIKE JAGGER
MOVES LIKE JAGGER
"It's easy to forget when you
don't hear the sound
of pain and prejudice love
makes the wold go around."
Madonna
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Francesco Canovaro designed Asgard as a way to mix his passion for the raw energy of extra bold sans serif typography with the expressivity of high contrast and calligraphy-inspired letterforms. He built the typeface around a strong geometric sans skeleton, to make the letters feel solid and powerful while using wood-type vernacular solutions to solve density through high contrast details. The typeface name was chosen as an homage to the mythical homeland of the Norse Gods, evoking a land of fierce warriors, power and strength - but also of divine, delicate beauty.
Thanks to the help of Andrea Tartarelli and Mario De Libero the original design was extended along with the design space, expanding the number of weights and widths with a "workhorse typeface" approach, and adding also a slanted axis to experiment with italics. The result is a super-family of 9 styles of 8 weights for a total of 72 fonts, each coming with an extended set of 968 glyphs covering over 200 languages using Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. The three variation axes (width, weight, slant) are also all accessible in a variable font version that is included with the whole family.
This gives the designer a full range of options for typesetting, with the Normal and Fit widths providing basic display and text-sized alternatives, and the Wide width adding more display and titling options. The inclusion of backslant italic styles gives Asgard an extra chance to add its voice to the typographic palette. To complement this, all Asgard fonts have been given a full set of Open Type Features including standard and discretionary ligatures, stylistic sets, positional numerals and case sensitive forms.
Dynamic and expressive, Asgard is a super-family that manages to look brutal and refined at the same time, quoting the vernacular typographic practices of letterpress print while expressing the contemporary zeitgeist.
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Features
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fi ffStandard Ligatures
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(HO!)Case-Sensitive Forms
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fh fb fkDiscretionary Ligatures
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QagjtStylistic Set 1
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Y&gStylistic Set 2
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gStylistic Set 3
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WowStylistic Set 4
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12/23Fractions
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1o 2aOrdinals
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12360Oldstyle Figures
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H123Alternate Annotation Forms
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H123Denominators
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H123Subscript
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H123Superscript
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H123Scientific Inferiors
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120Slashed Zero
Variable Typefaces
Asgard Variable Roman
Variable fonts are only available with the full family package (and might not be supported by all software)
Ásgarðr, home of the gods
In Norse Mythology, Asgard is a fortified home to the Aesir tribe of gods located in the sky. Asgard consists of smaller realms that do not have as many depictions in mythological poems and prose.
Ragnarök consists of a series of foretold events that ultimately lead to the destruction and subsequent renewal of the world. Ragnarök begins after the invasion of fire giants from Muspelheim, who destroy the Bifröst. This causes Heimdallr to blow the Gjallarhorn, announcing the upcoming doom of gods. Odin swiftly consults with the head of Mimir, who foretells the destruction of Asgard and Odin's death. Aesir gods decide to march into battle, gathering their forces on the battlefield Vigrid (“Plain Where Battle Surges”). Their enemies, led by the fire giant Surt, march through Asgard, destroying many of the palaces and fortifications. Odin, Thor, Loki, Heimdallr, and other gods, die in the battle. As the Vigrid grounds become soaking wet with blood, the world is submerged underwater, ending everything that ever existed. As attested in the Völuspá, after the destruction of the old world, a new one emerges. Several gods survive and restore Asgard, bringing it to the highest-ever levels of prosperity.
Styles
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aroman
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aItalic
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aBackslant
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aFit
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aWide
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