What is the Candida® font?

Candida roman was designed by Jakob Erbar and appeared after his death with the typeface foundry Ludwig & Mayer in Frankfurt am Main in 1936. Due to the original designer’s death, the italic was designed by Walter Höhnisch shortly thereafter. In 1945 the roman was reworked, the breadth of the figures was reduced and the strokes made heavier. The bold weight followed in 1951. Later the typeface was expanded with further weights, which have for the most part fallen out of use. Three weights can still be found in catalogues, available as early as 1937 for the Linotype machine. Candida is a modest text font which retains its legibility even in smaller point sizes.

Candida® Font families

The Candida® font includes the following font families:

• Candida Pro Roman
• Candida Pro Italic
• Candida Pro Bold
• Candida Std Roman
• Candida Std Italic
• Candida Std Bold

Candida® Preview

Here is a preview of how Candida® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.