Latin alphabet. Normal Regular Text
Cyrillic alphabet. Normal Regular Text
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TRACKING 0
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typography is the architecture of language
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More than anything else on earth, the Procurator hated the smell of rose oil, and now all signs portended that this would be a bad day, since that smell had pursued the Procurator since early this morning. It seemed to the Procurator that the smell of roses billowed from the cypresses and palms in the garden, that the smell of leather and the guard was laced with that damnable rosy stream. The palace, from the wings to the rear, where the first cohort of the Twelfth Lightningswift Legion that had come to Yershalaim with the Procurator, was lodged, had filled with mist up to the colonnade across the topmost terrace of the garden, and to the bitter smoke announcing that the centurial cooks had started preparing the midday meal, was added that same, oily, rosy smell. Oh my gods, my gods, why are you punishing me?
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Трилогияның тағдырында да оны жаратушы, бірнеше мәрте жала мен жазалауға душар етілген адамның тағдырына ұқсастық бар. Идеологиялық және цензуралық талай кедергілерден өткен соң, тек тәуелсіздік жылдарында ғана, бұл кітап шын мәнінде қалың оқырман қауымның қолы жететін игілікке айналды. Атап айтқанда, ол мектептердің оқу бағдарламасына енгізілді, ендігі жерде жастар одан рухани мықтылықтың, адамгершілік пен отаншылдықтың үлгісі мен тағылымына мөлдір бұлақтан су ішкендей қана алады.
arka Sans blueprints
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LEADING 85
TRACKING 0
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inst: arkaburo
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С самого утра меня стала мучить какая-то удивительная тоска. Мне вдруг показалось, что меня, одинокого, все покидают и что все от меня отступаются. Оно, конечно, всякий вправе спросить: кто же эти все? потому что вот уже восемь лет, как я живу в Петербурге, и почти ни одного знакомства не умел завести Но к чему мне знакомства? Мне и без того знаком весь Петербург; вот почему мне и показалось, что меня все покидают, когда весь Петербург поднялся и вдруг уехал на дачу. Мне страшно стало оставаться одному, и целых три дня я бродил по городу в глубокой тоске, решительно не понимая, что со мной делается. Пойду ли на Невский, пойду ли в сад, брожу ли по набережной — ни одного лица из тех, кого привык встречать в том же месте, в известный час целый год. Они, конечно, не знают меня, да я-то их знаю.
Latin alternates. Normal regular subhead
Cyrillic alternates. Normal regular subhead
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WIDTH 75
OPTICAL SIZE 15
Nella bella Verona, dove noi collochiam la nostra scena, due famiglie di pari nobiltà; ferocemente l’una all’altra oppone da vecchia ruggine nuova contesa, onde sangue civile va macchiando mani civili. Dai fatali lombi di questi due nemici ha preso vita una coppia di amanti da maligna fortuna contrastati() la cui sorte pietosa e turbinosa porrà, con la lor morte, una pietra sull’odio dei parenti. Del loro amore la pietosa storia, al cui terribil corso porrà fine la loro morte, e dei lor genitori l’ostinata rabbiosa inimicizia cui porrà fine la morte dei figli: questo è quanto su questo palcoscenico vi rappresenteremo per due ore. E se ad esso prestar vorrete orecchio pazientemente, noi faremo in modo, con le risorse del nostro mestiere, di sopperire alle manchevolezze dell’angustia di questa nostra scena.
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OPTICAL SIZE 115

arka Sans is inspired by the signs and old geometric typefaces used in the South of Italy. A straightforward, minimalist, low-contrast sans-serif font that combines strict geometricity, subtle details, and high precision in design. Made to be perfect-looking both on printed designs and on-screed graphics. It’s available in gradations from Light to Regular with 150, 200, 250, 300, and 350 weights. We’re also working on Compressed-Expanded, Mono, Inverted, and regular Italics variations for the widest possible choice for all of the designs.

As well there are a few special cuts and stylistic alternates in Latin (G, K, R, Y, f, k, r, t, y), Cyrillic (К, г, ж, к, л, y, ф), mono numbers, and alternates (3, 6, 8, 9, slashed 0), case sensitive features, and punctuation to make your text straightforward and hard with standard letters or more friendly with alternates.

In a typeset of text or title alternatives can be mix-and-matched with classic letters to create a variety of different rhythms, moods, and flavors.

Designed and developed by Artem Khotulev with the help
of Luca Andribava
German & Luxembourgish advisor Eric Silverio
French advisor Rodolfo Marso

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1.0 from December 2024
arka Sans will be significantly updated and redesigned soon

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