Extratype

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Optical-size retail families with editorial origins and custom brand typography.

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What it does

Extratype publishes Chamberí, Eina, Poster, Blak and ASM and develops custom typography for brands. Its shop sells individual styles and family packs, with combinable desktop, web, ebook, app and server licences.

Chamberí began as a typeface for Vogue España and separates Text, Headline, Display and SuperDisplay designs. Each has weights from ExtraLight to Black, with italics, small capitals and oldstyle figures. The family page’s Styles, Glyphs, In Use and Buying Options sections let you compare the text setting with a large opener, then choose a single cut, an optical-size pack or the full family.

During checkout, identify the intended licence owner in the cart field and choose the required uses. Fonts are available immediately after payment, with another download link sent by email and later access through order history. That history also lets you increase an allowance or add a licence category. Card payment through PayPal does not require a PayPal account.

Desktop installation is limited to the purchased computer count at the same business premises. Web licensing covers specified sites and traffic, using self-hosted WOFF, WOFF2 or EOT files. It excludes interactive tools where visitors choose fonts and edit text. App rights likewise exclude document- or image-generating tools. Broader corporate licensing and custom additions such as weights, characters or alphabets are available by enquiry.

Strengths

  • Chamberí provides four named optical-size roles.
  • Offers individual styles, optical-size packs and a complete family.
  • Provides immediate delivery and licence upgrades through order history.

Watch out for

  • Desktop installations are restricted to the licensed premises and computer count.
  • Standard web and app rights exclude tools that let users create new output.
  • Downloaded fonts cannot ordinarily be exchanged or refunded.

Best for

  • Editorial systems using text and display optical sizes
  • Brands commissioning additions to an existing type family

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