Recta

What is the Recta Font?

Recta was one of Aldo Novarese’s earliest contributions to the massive surge of the European sans serif genre that was booming in the middle of the 20th century. Initially published just one year after Neue Haas Grotesk came out of Switzerland and Univers out of France, and at a time when Akzidenz Grotesk and DIN were riding high in Germany and Gill Sans was making waves in Germany, it was intended to compete with all of those foundry faces, and later came to be known as the “Italian Helvetica”. It maintains traditional simplicity as its high point of functionality, while showing minimal infusion of humanistic traits. It shows that the construct of the grotesk does not have to be rigid, and can indeed have a touch of Italian flair.. While the original Recta family lacked a proper suite of weights and widths, this digital version comes in five weights, corresponding italics, four condensed fonts, and small caps in four weights. It also includes a wide-ranging character set for extended Latin language support.

Recta Font Families

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

• Recta Light
• Recta Light Italic
• Recta Regular
• Recta Italic
• Recta Medium
• Recta Medium Italic
• Recta Bold
• Recta Bold Italic
• Recta ExtraBold
• Recta ExtraBold Italic
• Recta Light Condensed
• Recta Condensed
• Recta Medium Condensed
• Recta Bold Condensed
• Recta Light Small Caps
• Recta Small Caps
• Recta Medium Small Caps
• Recta Bold Small Caps

Preview of the Recta Font

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Who Designed the Recta Font?

This font has 18 style(s) and was published by Canada Type.

Is Recta a Free Download?

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

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

How Much is Recta to Buy?

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

The last time we checked the price for Recta, it was available for as little as $24.95.