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Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

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El Hacedor

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The Gold of the Tigers

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Bustos Domecq

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Az éjszaka története

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Labyrinthes

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Fuglafjőrður

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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

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Library of Babel

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Historia universal de la infamia

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Mark Twain

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Andrés Corthis & Bernardo Haedo

The fonts used in this tester are subset and don’t represent the full character repertoire and OpenType features.

A classic typeface for comfortable reading

Borges is a classic text face that combines the dignity and grace of the French Renaissance with a contemporary flavor, close to the Dutch style of the 20th century, that is to say, tall and slightly condensed lowercases with a contrast of strokes barely larger than a garalde. Borges is a humble tribute to the fantastic work of Jorge Luis Borges. His writing technique, that of a meticulous and tireless goldsmith, endlessly searching for the perfect word, suggested a clean and economical letterform. Thanks to its round and open forms, Borges builds a delicate sense of rhythm, providing a comfortable reading in long texts. It was conceived for editorial use, especially in books, although it is suitable for a wide variety of designs. Borges comes in six weights of roman, italic and small cap. The italic is particularly fluid. All styles include the extended Latin repertoire, many ligatures, full numeral series, extended money signs, and much more. The family also has display companions: two titling fonts and an elegant chancery cursive.

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Borges

Designed & produced by Alejandro Lo Celso.

© 2004, 2007, 2022

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Characteristics
  • books
  • cards
  • classical
  • comfortable
  • garalde
  • good on screen
  • legible
  • literary
  • literature
  • lyric
  • magazines
  • multi-style
  • news/press
  • old-style
  • poetic
  • poetry
  • readable
  • serif
  • smallcaps
  • sober
  • system
  • text
  • transitional
  • versatile
  • workhorse
  • Language coverage
    Latin extended

    Characters per font
    Borges: 1185
    Borges Italic: 1185

    Styles
    Borges ExtraLight
    Borges ExtraLight Italic
    Borges Light
    Borges Light Italic
    Borges Regular
    Borges Regular Italic
    Borges Medium
    Borges Medium Italic
    Borges Bold
    Borges Bold Italic
    Borges Black
    Borges Black Italic

    Features & Specials

    latin extended

    all smallcaps

    case sensitive forms

    ligatures

    special ligatures

    historical forms

    german eszett

    extended currencies

    tabular currencies

    smallcap currencies

    slash zero

    oldstyle figures

    lining figures

    smallcap figures

    tabular oldstyle figs

    tabular lining figs

    tab smallcap figs

    inferiors

    superiors

    ordinals

    smart fractions

    complete punctuation

    Arrows

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    Borges (text) complete set [ 12 fonts / Latin extended ]

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges core styles [ 4 fonts / Latin extended ]

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    Borges complete family [ 15 fonts / Latin ]

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    • Desktop+Web

    Individual styles

    Borges ExtraLight

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges ExtraLight Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Light

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Light Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Regular

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    • Web
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    Borges Regular Italic

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    • Web
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    Borges Medium

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Medium Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Bold

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Bold Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
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    Borges Black

    • Desktop
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    • Desktop+Web

    Borges Black Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web