AM Panama

Panama is a dark sanserif typeface with a big x-height, compact letterforms, and no thick/thin contrast, except for a few thin strokes in characters such as H, e, f, t, 4 – one of Panama’s many idiosyncratic details. In fact, its geometric structure is enhanced by expressive features such as the exaggerated apertures of C, S, c and s, a diamond (the same as the dot of i) in place of the middle strokes of E, F and the terminal of r as well as the missing horizontal bar in A. Classical modernist features include pointed apexes on A, M and N, spurless n, m, u, sharp joins of bowls and stems, and diagonal terminals at the horizontal strokes of the capitals, as in E, F and the like. Finally, the wide circular o and the wide e combined with the rest of the compact letters provide a distinctive rhythm to the lowercase. The overall appearance is of a loud and sharp product of the Art Deco genre. [c-a-s-t.com]