Alphabet Chora

Alphabet Chora

Serif · Aldine · Roman/Italic

APN Chora is a contemporary old-style typeface expertly crafted for optimal legibility in books and editorial design, as well as for extended reading on screens. Available in only two styles—roman and italic—both finely tuned to each other and fully equipped for all needs of refined typography.

  APN Chora offers small caps, ligatures, multiple figure and stylistic sets, alternate glyphs, fractions, mathematical symbols, and arrows. It supports a wide range of languages, including all European languages written in the Latin script. With its rationalized Renaissance construction, the typeface features a pronounced humanist axis, generous x-height, and balanced contrast between thin and thick strokes. While optimized for continuous text, its austere elegance also suits display use.

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Size Progression (Roman)

Moyenne de fonte—Size: 100 / Leading: 100 / Tracking: −10

Size: 98 / Leading: 98 / Tracking: −10

Among the most legible letterforms

Among the most legible letterforms

Double-canon—60/62/0

60/62/0

Among the most legible letterforms in typography, old-style typefaces also stand as some of the earliest designs

Five-line Nonpareil—30/36/0

30/36/0

Among the most legible letterforms in typography, old-style typefaces also stand as some of the earliest designs. Emerging in the second half of the Quattrocento, Venetian printers crafted types that abandoned Gutenberg’s dense blackletter approach

Double Small Pica—22/29/0

22/29/0

Among the most legible letterforms in typography, old-style typefaces also stand as some of the earliest designs. Emerging in the second half of the Quattrocento, Venetian printers crafted types that abandoned Gutenberg’s dense blackletter approach, drawing instead upon the flowing Renaissance calligraphy for their minuscules and the

Columbian—16/21/+10

16/21/+10

Among the most legible letterforms in typography, old-style typefaces also stand as some of the earliest designs. Emerging in the second half of the Quattrocento, Venetian printers crafted types that abandoned Gutenberg’s dense blackletter approach, drawing instead

Pica—12/18/+20

12/18/+20

Among the most legible letterforms in typography, old-style typefaces also stand as some of the earliest designs. Emerging in the second half of the Quattrocento, Venetian printers crafted types that abandoned Gutenberg’s dense blackletter approach, drawing instead upon the flowing Renaissance calligraphy for their minuscules and the timeless grandeur of the roman imperial inscriptions for their capitals.

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