1. Economica

    Sans Serif by Vicente Lamónaca

  2. About the typeface


    Economica: It is the first digital typeface created in Montevideo, Uruguay, to be distributed internationally. The development of the typeface took most of 2007 and received the assistance of type design colleagues from all over Latin America.

    Basic styles: Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic. It includes a comprehensive character set that lets you work with diverse European languages.

    Concept: This typeface family was designed for the output of inkjet printers. It was inspired by the concept of saving space in publishing texts without loss of height. This means it is a very condensed type.

    Visual advantage: Economica accomplishes this horizontal compression while keeping a strong personality. It is not a typical, neutral, sans serif. The open forms and tendency towards flattened curves allow it to be used in very small spaces while retaining high legibility.

    Type Sample


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  3. Vicente Lamónaca

    This Montevideo-based designer (b. 1967, Mexico City) has a Degree in Graphic Design from the University ORT Uruguay. He lives in Montevideo since 1985. Since 2000, he teaches in the area of publishing in the Faculty of Communication and Design at University ORT in Montevideo, in the Faculty of Communication and Design. Since 2005 he is also teaching Typography II. He is a partner of the design studio Taller de Comunicación. Economica is said to be the first digital typeface made in Uruguay. He is Director of Tipografia-Montevideo, Uruguay's first site dedicated entirely to typography. In 2011, he started his own blog, type portal and foundry, called Fábrica de tipos.

    • designer
    • printed page
  4. Type Characteristics

    Basic font information

    Copyright notice:
    Copyright (c) 2012, Vicente Lamonaca
    (produccion.taller@gmail.com)

    Font family:
    Economica

    Font subfamily:
    Regular

    Unique subfamily identification:
    VicenteLamonaca: Economica: 2012

    Full font name:
    Economica-Regular

    Name table version:
    Version 1.101

    Postscript font name:
    Economica-Regular

    Trademark notice:
    Economica is a trademark of Vicente Lamonaca.

    Manufacturer name:
    Vicente Lamonaca

    Designer:
    Vicente Lamonaca

    Font details

    Created: 2012-02-24
    Revision: 1
    Glyph count: 231
    Units per Em: 1000
    Embedding rights: Embedding for permanent installation
    Family class: Sans serif
    Weight: Semi-light
    Width: Extra-condensed
    Mac style: Bold
    Direction: Only strongly left to right glyphs and contains neutrals
    Pattern nature: Regular

    Visual characteristics

    Family type: Latin (text and display)
    Serif style: Any
    Arm style: Any
    Letter form: Normal / contact
    Weight: Book
    Proportion: Condensed
    Contrast: Low
    Stroke variation: Any
    Midline: Any
    X-height (corpus size): Constant / large


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