What is the URW Geometric Condensed® font?

URW Geometric Condensed is the matching complement for the URW Geometric. Including 20 additional condensed styles the URW Geometric Condensed is the space-saving alternative in the URW Geometric family. URW Geometric is a sans serif typeface inspired by the German geometric typefaces of the 1920s but designed for modern usability. The character shapes have optimized proportions and an improved balance, the x-height is increased, ascenders and descenders are decreased. Special glyphs, which are often designed afterwards for the original geometric typefaces from the 1920s, are perfectly integrated in the URW Geometric. These design characteristics increase the usability and legibility tremendously. With its 10 weights ranging from Thin to Black, plus 10 additional oblique styles, it has a great versatility in mind. The extreme light styles shine bright in large sizes, the middle weights are perfect for body copy and the bolder variants for the use of emphasis information or bring a strong impact to headlines and information. The optically balanced styles are designed to work in perfect harmony together. URW Geometric is functional, strong, simple and harmonized in form, and at a glance appears as a modern variant of its predecessors. Apart from the basic characters the design has an extra focus on the special glyphs. These are designed for today’s needs. For example: the email glyph looks modern and unique, including a perfectly balanced spacing. The number sign, in modern use called “hashtag”, is space saving and optically balanced for body text. Additionally, various extra and alternate glyphs are designed to provide a friendly usability. Including a wide Latin language support and character sets, URW Geometric is perfectly designed for today’s requirements. Please have a look at the URW Geometric Type Specimen (PDF) for further information.

URW Geometric Condensed® Font families

The URW Geometric Condensed® includes the following font families:

• URW Geometric Condensed Thin
• URW Geometric Condensed Thin Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Extra Light
• URW Geometric Condensed Extra Light Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Light
• URW Geometric Condensed Light Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Regular
• URW Geometric Condensed Regular Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Medium
• URW Geometric Condensed Medium Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Semi Bold
• URW Geometric Condensed Semi Bold Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Bold
• URW Geometric Condensed Bold Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Extra Bold
• URW Geometric Condensed Extra Bold Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Heavy
• URW Geometric Condensed Heavy Oblique
• URW Geometric Condensed Black
• URW Geometric Condensed Black Oblique

URW Geometric Condensed® Preview

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