My inaugaral font of the month is the work of Julieta Ulanovsky, who lives in Buenos Aries. She drew the inspiration for the font from the urban, hand-drawn lettering on old posters, signs and other letterforms in the neighbourhood where she lives and works, Montserrat.
The typeface evokes the modernist style of the early 20th century, but it feels less formal than, say, Futura. Montserrat comes in 3 variants right now, the original regular version, an alternate caps version and "Subrayada", which has built in underlining (and which I am not so keen on). The alternate caps are probably more suitable for display being a little wacky, Julia says that they are intended "to capture the variety and soul of Buenos Aires".
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For me, the most useful varient is the regular version. I love the geometric simplicity of the letters, especially the capitals. Montserrat really shines for short pieces of all caps. It reminds me of the elegant simplicity of the old penguin book covers. In lowercase, Montserrat, is still a pretty nice font with a nice large x-height and a lot more character than Arial or Helvetica.
Montserrat is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Argentine graphic designer Julieta Ulanovsky and released in 2011. It was inspired by posters, signs and painted windows from the first half of the twentieth century, seen in the historic Montserrat neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.[1]
The project was started in 2010 by Ulanovsky[2] and was released through the Google Fonts catalogue in 2011. Montserrat has become increasingly popular among web designers, and it is used on over 17 million websites.[3]
Montserrat has been developed into a large family, consisting of nine weights (from Thin to Black), a set of alternate characters, a distinctive Subrayada (underlined) variant, and support for the Cyrillic character set.[4]
According to lead designer Ulanovsky, it is a functional and contemporary alphabet, with uses ranging from publishing to the corporative world. She refers to it as a "geometric typeface with bold optical adjustments."[1]
Ulanovsky began the project in 2010 while she was studying for a master's degree at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU), University of Buenos Aires. She gathered inspiration from the 1920-1950s lettering on street signs, posters, painted windows, and cafe canopies in the homonymous neighborhood.[3] Eventually, it became the third most popular font on the platform, gathering over 2.7 trillion views as of September 2023.[5]
During the course of her studies, she realised that these letterforms were not as common as they once had been, so she felt compelled to "rescue the beauty of urban typography" through a new font under a free and open source license.[2]
As urban development changes this place, it will never return to its original form and loses forever the designs that are so special and unique. To draw the letters, I rely on examples of lettering in the urban space. Each selected example produces its own variants in length, width and height proportions, each adding to the Montserrat family. The old typographies and canopies are irretrievable when they are replaced.
For its financing, the project was launched in the Kickstarter website in 2011, and was crowdfunded by anonymous backers. The typeface was published in Google Fonts the same year.[4] Eventually, it became the third most popular font on the platform, gathering over 2.7 trillion views as of September 2023.[6]
Ulanovsky also stated that "this can be a lifelong project, because letterforms are continuously being discovered in urban situations. This case is the opposite from common typography, characters go from the streets to the computer, it is like digitizing something completely analogical."[7]
Montserrat has gained popularity as a free alternative to other similar sans-serif fonts, such as Gotham or Avenir.[8] Although mainly seen in websites and online media, its high readability and ease of scaling make Montserrat a suitable typeface for printed material, such as brochures, signage and even books (as can be seen in the "Cientficas de Ac" acknowledgements.)[9]
In 2018, with the release of the 2018-2024 Graphic Identity Manual for the Presidential Office of Mexico, Montserrat became the official font for documentation, presentations and publicity for the Government of Mexico and Legislative Assambley of the Vologda Region.[10]
In 2015, a set of some weights and italics were developed by Ulanovsky, Ale Paul, Carolina Giovagnoli, Andrs Torresi, Juan Pablo del Peral and Sol Matas. In November 2017, the font family was redrawn by Jacques Le Bailly to include a full set of weights, and to adjust the regular set for a better use in longer text.[4]
In late 2017, Julieta Ulanovsky and her collaborators worked together with Maria Doreuli and Alexei Vanyashin for the development of a Cyrillic character set.[4] Ulanovsky's collaborator, Sol Matas, stated that, being unfamiliar with the writing system, the greatest challenge they faced was to remain faithful to the Argentine inspiration while designing characters that looked natural in the Cyrillic context. The Cyrillic expansion culminated in 8,640 new characters for Montserrat across all nine weights.[13]
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The official language is Spanish. There are many unofficial indigenous languages spoken in the provinces, but Spanish is the language of Government and the one spoken on the street by 99% of the people. Learning the language will open up a lot of opportunities.
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Standard and requirements do not apply to nationals from countries that need a visa to enter Argentina as tourists (typically Asia, Middle East and Africa). These nationalities are denied petitions like the rentista, and for family-based petitions, it is also difficult.
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