Amazing free serif typefaces you need to download in 2020, part 4
Calendas Plus
Let’s get something out of the way: atipo is my favorite foundry but I’m not affiliated with them in any way.
Now let’s get something else out of the way: Calendas is not 100% free, but it might as well be. What I mean by that is that you can get the Regular style by ‘paying’ with a Twitter or Facebook share or get the complete family (which includes Regular, Italic and Bold styles) by paying using a ‘name your price’ model (prices start a five euros, with a maximum of 100€).
Calendas Plus is my favorite typeface in this week’s Best Serif Fonts feature for many reasons. What initially won me over was the beauty and elegance of the letterforms. That fondness quickly turned into admiration because of the perfectly-balanced, just-right small caps and escalated into hot, steamy font-affair thanks to the stunning special characters and discretionary ligatures.
fig. 1 — Smooth as lovemaking.
The banner (fig. 1) was created using the free version of Calendas Plus, which you get when you do a social share. Take a look at those ligatures and swashes. Look at them, damn it!
You can get Calendas Plus HERE.
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