About this typeface:
Karmina is a text typeface developed mainly for pocket books and budget editions. It was built to withstand the worst printing conditions: low quality papers, high printing speed with web presses and variations in the ink level of the printing press. Some of Karmina’s most representative features are the rather large serifs, intended to work perfectly in small reproduction sizes, the sharpness of the shapes, including some calligraphic reminiscences, and the large and yet graceful ink traps in the acute connections. Structurally, Karmina combines a significantly large x-height with relatively compressed letterforms. The result of these features grants Karmina outstanding legibility and economy. Karmina features four weights and 800 characters per weight, including small caps, discretionary ligatures, fractions and a complete range of numerals for every use. It also supports over 40 languages that use the latin extended alphabet.
OpenType features: small caps, all caps, descretionary ligatures, tabular old-style figures, proportional lining figures, tabular lining figures, fractions, superiors, scientific inferiors
About the designers:
José was born in Rosario, Argentina, where he got a degree in Graphic Design and a post-graduate diploma in Multimedia Technologies. He's working in branding, editorial design and multimedia projects since 1995. He was co-founder and art director of Vision Media Design Studio in Argentina and Multiplicity Advertising in USA; and he was a part-time lecturer for four years at the Visual Comunications Institute of Rosario, teaching design for the Internet. In 2003, José moved to Reading, UK, where he completed his MA in Typeface design with distinction and started to design the font Athelas. José currently leads his own design studio where he manages editorial design and branding projects and consults in typography and graphic communication matters. He also lectures on typography at post-graduate level at the National University of Rosario.
Veronika Burian was born in Prague in 1973. She graduated in Industrial Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany. Before completing her studies she went to Vienna, Austria, to work as product designer. In 2000 she joined the team of the Japanese designer Makio Hasuike in Milan, Italy. Here Veronika’s interests shifted increasingly from product to graphic design and typography. The decision to focus more exclusively on type design developed naturally, reinforced by her collaboration with Leftloft, a graphic design studio, and her involvement in teaching at the Politecnico of Milan. In 2003 she completed her MA in Typeface Design with distinction at the University of Reading and is amongst other things currently working as type designer at Dalton Maag in London, UK.
Some of her typefaces received the TDC Certificate of Excellence in Type Design in 2004, were selected in the Type Design competition from Creative Review in 2005, and received a merit from the European-wide competition ED-Awards 2007. Her typeface Maiola is also part of the touring exhibition e-a-t.
This package contains:
Karmina Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic
Copyright © Veronika Burian / José Scaglione / TypeTogether
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