Lagarto

What is the Lagarto Font?

Some years ago, a good friend and typophile, Gonzalo García Barcha, approached me with the idea of designing a typeface for his editorial project Blacamán Ediciones. He had just came across an hitherto unknown manuscript by Luis Lagarto, a colonial illuminator and scribe, working in Mexico City and Puebla in the late 1500s.. The manuscript calligraphy was incredible and stunningly original. It featured three different hands by the scribe, intermingled in the text: a kind of baroque «Roman» roundhand; a very ornate, lively «Italic»; and some sort of irregular, playful, even funny «small caps». All imbued with an eccentric, convoluted zest and vivacious rhythm.. Lagarto is the final result of translating these extraordinary hands into a digital type family. Since the manuscript had no numerals, math signs and many other characters now in use, part of the fun of the job was to infer them from the stylistic peculiarities of Luis Lagarto’s calligraphy.. Lagarto received an Award of Excellence at the Type Directors Club of New York annual competition.

Lagarto Font Families

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

• Lagarto Roman
• Lagarto Italic
• Lagarto Roman SC

Preview of the Lagarto Font

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Who Designed the Lagarto Font?

Lagarto was designed by Gabriel Martínez Meave.

This font has 3 style(s) and was published by Sudtipos.

Is Lagarto a Free Download?

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

Please do not try to find a free download of Lagarto. 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 Lagarto 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 Lagarto if you did not pay for it.

How Much is Lagarto to Buy?

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

The last time we checked the price for Lagarto, it was available for as little as $39.00.