Allrounder Antiqua
Allrounder Antiqua is an old-style serif member of the Allrounder superfamily. A timeless typeface based on classical proportions, it’s perfectly suitable for books, editorial design and branding—with refined shapes that work flawlessly in both body copy and display sizes. This classy workhorse comes in 8 styles with plenty of OpenType features.
Allrounder Antiqua – The complete family
These are all the styles contained in the Allrounder Antiqua font family. You can purchase single fonts or family packages.
Allrounder Antiqua (8 Fonts)
From €149.00 excl. VATAllrounder Antiqua – Styles
Write your own words — like a book or movie title, business name, brand claim, advertising slogan, or a short text — to see how they look typeset in Allrounder Antiqua.
Allrounder Antiqua – Character Set
These are all the characters contained in the Allrounder Antiqua glyph set. It’s a great way for you to check the language support, stylistic alternates, OpenType features, and special characters like dingbats and icons. Click a character to see more details.
Allrounder Antiqua – Design Information
Allrounder Antiqua is an old-style serif member of the Allrounder superfamily. A timeless typeface based on classical proportions, Allrounder Antiqua is perfectly suitable for advanced book and editorial design well as packaging and branding.
True: its main purpose is to set flawless body copy and to generate an evenly textured page—but its refined shapes work fantastically in display applications, too. Some details, such as the small and sharp bowl of the lowercase a, are fully appreciated in large sizes only.
If you need a sophisticated serif typeface for packaging, food, fashion, consumer goods, or lifestyle branding, Allrounder Antiqua is up for it. It's also apt as an outstanding corporate typeface, be it for a more conservative venture or the latest hipster start-up.
This classy serif typeface comes in four weights with corresponding true italics. Just like its sans-serif counterpart, Allrounder Grotesk, Allrounder Antiqua is equipped with plenty of Opentype Features like small caps, six sets of figures, case-sensitive forms, superiors, fractions and many ligatures. You will find alternate letters with swashes within this extended character set, as well as all the accented glyphs necessary to support more than 200 Latin-based languages.
Historical Background
The (French) Renaissance-influenced typeface started as Moritz Kleinsorge's graduation project within the "Expert Class Type design" course of the Plantin Institute for Typography, located in the famous Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp, Belgium. There, Moritz Kleinsorge decided to create a revival of Robert Granjon's "Ascendonica Romain", described as "a beautiful face; typical of Granjon's mature style" in the inventory list of available material. "To touch punches and matrices cut by Robert Granjon back in 1567 was an invaluable inspiration", Moritz explains. Over time, the typeface moved away from being a true revival. Rather, it evolved into a Granjon-inspired typeface. That typeface is now available as Allrounder Antiqua.
Perfect Pairing: Allrounder Antiqua + Allrounder Grotesk
Allrounder Grotesk is the ideal complement to Allrounder Antiqua. They both share common vertical metrics and a common color. This allows you to pair both typefaces within the same layout—even within the same paragraph—without creating visual disruption. Head over to the Family Page of Allrounder Grotesk to get more information about this typeface.
Design Trick: Bilingual Design With the Allrounder Superfamily
Combining Allrounder Grotesk with Allrounder Antiqua is an ideal approach for bilingual designs, wherein both languages get the same emphasis yet are distinguished with two different typefaces. It's also best practice to set headlines in a different typeface than the body text if they harmonize with each other. Allrounder Grotesk and Allrounder Antiqua provide you with the perfect pair for this purpose.