Typeface of the Month: Lavigne Nova

Check out our new Typeface of the Month: Lavigne Nova! 

Lavigne was designed between 2003 and 2006 by Ramiro Espinoza and was awarded by the Type Directors Club in 2010.

This family can be classified as a high contrast modern serif but unlike many typefaces in this genre, its sources of inspiration are not found in historical models such as Bodoni or Didot but in the calligraphic exercises and sketches produced by Ramiro during his student years in the Type and Media master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, NL.

Originally aimed at the editorial market, it is made up of variants for Text and Headlines. Lavigne has slightly organic details and its delicate shapes make it especially suitable for print and digital media where a touch of distinction or sophistication is to be desired.

A common problem with modern serif typefaces is that their delicate hairlines and serifs often don’t print well in small bodies on uncoated papers. Lavigne addressed this problem by having a less dramatic contrast and incorporating elements from transitional type families, allowing its text versions to be read comfortably at sizes smaller than 10 pt.

At the end of 2023, its designer decided that the family needed a review and expansion. This is how Lavigne Nova was conceived, which now offers numerous extra weights, full linguistic coverage for Central European languages ​​that use the Latin alphabet, and numerous improvements in outlines and spacing.

A completely new Sans subfamily is being designed and will join the Lavigne Nova system in the coming months.

Typeface of the Month: Lavigne Nova

Foundry: Retype 
Designer: Ramiro Espinoza 
Release: July, 2024
File Formats: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2
Styles / widths / weights: 24 fonts (Text: 10, Display: 14)
Price per style / family: Two fonts packs: $90 / Full Lavigne Nova Display: $420.00 / Full Lavigne Nova Text: $300.00 / Full Lavigne Nova Display & Text Full Families: $672

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