Calcis

What is the Calcis Font?

“Chalkís” or “Chalkida” was the capital of the Euboea island in old Greece. The name derived from the Greek and it means copper - bronze. Colonist from this area founded several important cities in the Magna Graecia, such as Cumae (coastal area of Southern Italy), where our alphabet come from. At the beginning, first scribes draw the signs in mono-line, but later on, the influence of materials, tools and the skill of calligraphers, developed the refinement of the lettering. “Calcis” is a family of sans serif fonts, characterized by its austere, functional and clear style, emerged from straight lines and primary shapes; but enriched by the contribution of countless anonymous calligraphers who have polished and embellished their forms over the years. “Calcis” is presented in five weights and italic style. It has good legibility in small sizes, elegance and strong visual impact in headlines as well. Each font of the family contain 377 glyphs with accurate kerning pairs careful controlled, and advanced typographical support with OpenType features such as: old style numerals, ligatures, discretional ligatures and case-sensitive forms. It also contain diacritics for Central European languages.

Calcis Font Families

When you download Calcis, the family will include the following font styles:

• Calcis Light
• Calcis Light Italic
• Calcis Regular
• Calcis Italic
• Calcis Bold
• Calcis Bold Italic
• Calcis Heavy
• Calcis Heavy Italic
• Calcis Black
• Calcis Black Italic

Preview of the Calcis Font

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Who Designed the Calcis Font?

Calcis was designed by Olcar Alcaide.

This font has 10 style(s) and was published by Eurotypo.

Is Calcis a Free Download?

Like all of the fonts listed here on The Font Bot, Calcis is a premium font and is not available to download for free.

Please do not try to find a free download of Calcis. If you really want this font for your new project, support the designer and the foundry and click here to purchase it officially.

I'm sure if you tried really hard, you could figure out how to download Calcis for free. You might also get a virus on your computer or get hacked as a result. Not to mention it is illegal to use Calcis if you did not pay for it.

How Much is Calcis to Buy?

If you've made it this far down the page and you are really interested to use Calcis for your new project, great!

The last time we checked the price for Calcis, it was available for as little as $12.00.