Kalev

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Year

2024

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Kalev covers Latin, Cyrillic and Georgian and is designed for use in running text, display, logos and headlines. It is a take on the architectural idealism of twentieth century Estonian sans serif type. Georgian script is included in Kalev as a nod to the mutual affection between Estonia and Georgia. The lighter weights of Kalev are sleek, formal and confident, without novelty or decoration. While, the heavy weights take reference from later photo-type interpretations of geometric types like. These bolder styles are tightly packed while the terminals open up, reducing the relative width of certain letters making these heavy weights great for logos and headlines. For variety, the weight names are in Estonian and in-translation are impressionistic takes on body weight – Vormis (Normal), Musklis (Medium), Turske (Semibold), Paks (Bold), Tais (X Bold), Kogukas (Ultra). [eastofrome.com]