Tasman

What is the Tasman Font?

Originally published by OurType, Dan Milne’s Tasman has found a new home at Retype. Milne first conceived Tasman as a typeface for newspapers. This influenced the proportions and look of the face considerably: the goal was to keep the personality as warm and playful as possible without losing the credible tone required to deliver all kinds of news.. A sturdy, warm type family that is neither mechanical nor fragile. It borrows its name from Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603–1659), a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant who mapped parts of Australia in 1642, including Van Diemen’s Land (now known as Tasmania).. Tasman’s primary purpose is an unbiased presentation of information; it strives for neutrality over elegance. Its characters are sturdy and unambiguous, sporting strong serifs, punctuation, and diacritics, as well as generously sized small caps and hybrid figures. Rationalized letterforms give the face enough robustness to withstand the stress of screen applications and laser printing. The figures’ three-quarter x-height makes them considerably larger than traditional oldstyle numerals, yet they still integrate with the lowercase much better than lining figures do.. Although initially intended for newspapers, Tasman’s somewhat corporate, objective appearance also makes it an excellent candidate for digital and print magazines, websites, annual reports, and corporate identities.. Tasman is a suite of feature-rich OpenType fonts fully equipped to tackle complex, professional typography. The character set includes small caps, fractions, case-sensitive forms, bullets, arrows, special quotes, and nine sets of numerals. Besides standard Latin, its extensive character set supports Central European, Baltic, and Turkish languages.

Tasman Font Families

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

• Tasman Light
• Tasman Light Italic
• Tasman Regular
• Tasman Italic
• Tasman Medium
• Tasman Medium Italic
• Tasman Semi Bold
• Tasman Semi Bold Italic
• Tasman Bold
• Tasman Bold Italic
• Tasman Extra Bold
• Tasman Extra Bold Italic
• Tasman Black
• Tasman Black Italic

Who Designed the Tasman Font?

Tasman was designed by Dan Milne.

This font has 14 style(s) and was published by ReType.

Is Tasman a Free Download?

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

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

How Much is Tasman to Buy?

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

The last time we checked the price for Tasman, it was available for as little as $30.00.