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Comfortable

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Subtile touche historique

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Latter-day design

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Handcrafted

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Gracieux & calme

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Très Classique et Moderne

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Flowing style

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Matching cordial cursive

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Snadná čitelnost

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Enemmän luovaa kirjoittamista

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Carolus Magnus (742-814)

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Gratifying to read

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

A contemporary sanserif with a hint of history

Originally the result of a research project on the Carolingian minuscule, coined in the Frankish monasteries of the 8th and 9th centuries, as well as on the musical notation systems of the time, Carolinéale subsequently undertook a seven-year process to evolve into a versatile sanserif of contemporary elegance. However, its voice still conveys a subtle touch of history. Equipped with all the typographic goodies the discerning typographer could need, Carolinéale is both a comfortably legible text face and a powerful display type that will stimulate readers at larger sizes.

Read the story behind Carolinéale

Carolinéale

Designed and produced by Francis Ramel.

© 2022

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Characteristics
  • Calligraphy
  • Carolingian
  • Display
  • Heading
  • Historic
  • Labels
  • Lettering
  • Logos
  • Long reading
  • Magazines
  • Poster
  • Relaxed
  • Text
  • Titling
  • books
  • delicate
  • friendly
  • handcrafted
  • sanserif
  • smallcaps
  • Language coverage
    Latin extended

    Characters per font
    Roman = 1413
    Italic = 1443

    Styles
    Carolinéale Thin
    Carolinéale Thin Italic
    Carolinéale Light
    Carolinéale Light Italic
    Carolinéale Regular
    Carolinéale Italic
    Carolinéale Medium
    Carolinéale Medium Italic
    Carolinéale Bold
    Carolinéale Bold Italic
    Carolinéale Black
    Carolinéale Black Italic

    Features & Specials

    extended latin

    pinyin latin

    smallcaps

    all smallcaps

    case sensitive forms

    ligatures

    discretionary ligatures

    german eszett

    historical forms

    alternate forms

    localized forms

    Extended currencies

    tabular currencies

    smallcap currencies

    Old style figures

    Lining figures

    Smallcap figures

    Tabular old style figures

    Tabular lining figures

    tabular smallcap figures

    slashed zero

    smart fractions

    superiors & inferiors

    ordinals

    extended punctuation

    Manicules

    Arrows

    special symbols

    BUY Carolinéale

    Desktop/web pricing for up to 5 computers and up to 50,000 ppm. App license pricing is for a single app use. Contact us for multi-user or custom licenses.

    Bundles

    Carolinéale core styles [4 fonts / Latin extended]

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale complete family [12 fonts / Latin extended]

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Individual styles

    Carolinéale Thin

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Thin Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Light

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Light Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Regular

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Medium

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Medium Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Bold

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Bold Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Black

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App

    Carolinéale Black Italic

    • Desktop
    • Web
    • Desktop+Web
    • App