Palast is a type system of three size-specific optical sub-families: Palast Poster, Palast Display & Palast Text. Palast Poster is intended for use in extra large sizes, at which the extreme contrast between thick and thin strokes looks spot on. Palast Display is designed for headlines, medium sizes and short text. Palast Text has the lowest contrast of the three optical sizes, making it perfect for long texts in small sizes. The Palast type system comes in one variable font family that includes all optical sizes, bringing total flexibility to the user.
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With a Desktop License, you can install the font software on a fixed number of computers and use it for graphics, print or products. You will receive OpenType (OTF) font files.
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The Palast CollectionIncludes all 36 Styles: Palast Text, Palast Display, Palast Poster + Variable Font FormatDesktop: 1 Computer€440.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster FamilyDesktop: 1 Computer€220.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster ThinDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Thin ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster LightDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Light ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster RegularDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Regular ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster MediumDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Medium ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster BoldDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Bold ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster BlackDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Black ItalicDesktop: 1 Computer€35.00Add matching Web license and save 50%
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With a Web License, you can use the font software on a website within the given page views. You will receive web font files (WOFF, WOFF2) for self hosting. These font formats can not be installed on your computer.
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The Palast CollectionIncludes all 36 Styles: Palast Text, Palast Display, Palast Poster + Variable Font FormatWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€440.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
€440.00€220.00 -
Palast Poster FamilyWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€220.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster ThinWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Thin ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster LightWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Light ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster RegularWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Regular ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster MediumWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Medium ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster BoldWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Bold ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster BlackWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
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Palast Poster Black ItalicWeb: Up to 20.000 Pageviews/Month€35.00Add matching Desktop license and save 50%
€35.00€17.50
With an App License, you can include the font software in a mobile application with a defined maximum number of downloads.
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The Palast CollectionIncludes all 36 Styles: Palast Text, Palast Display, Palast PosterApp: 100.000 Downloads€2,200.00Add matching Desktop license€440.00
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Palast Poster FamilyApp: 100.000 Downloads€1,100.00Add matching Desktop license€220.00
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Palast Poster ThinApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Thin ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster LightApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Light ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster RegularApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Regular ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster MediumApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Medium ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster BoldApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Bold ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster BlackApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Black ItalicApp: 100.000 Downloads€175.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
With a Server License, you can embed the font within Platforms that allow the end-user to create customised physical products (e.g. invitations, t-shirts, documents, etc).
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The Palast CollectionIncludes all 36 Styles: Palast Text, Palast Display, Palast PosterServer: 100 Created Products/Month€4,400.00Add matching Desktop license€440.00
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Palast Poster FamilyServer: 100 Created Products/Month€2,200.00Add matching Desktop license€220.00
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Palast Poster ThinServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Thin ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster LightServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Light ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster RegularServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Regular ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster MediumServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Medium ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster BoldServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Bold ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster BlackServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast Poster Black ItalicServer: 100 Created Products/Month€350.00Add matching Desktop license€35.00
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Palast bridges the gap between a systematically constructed serif typeface that follows mathematically precise stems and curves on the one hand and the optical corrections required to achieve a balanced typeface on the other. We established design rules early on that would guide us through the design process. Before we could explore rhythm and dimentions with control characters »H« and »O«, we defined the default serifs.
The design of Palast can be categorized as a transitional serif – similar to Caslon or Baskerville – in-between renaissance and neoclassic designs with geometric influences. It combines the best of two worlds: The display quality of modern types and the text qualities of oldstyle faces like Garamond or Jenson.
Right from the start we systematically defined standard stem weights for vertical and horizontal stems in round segments, in straight segments and for the serifs. Legibility (the recognizability of letters) and readability (the equilibrium of shapes in text) were always a number one priority, so we had to establish systematic exceptions to these rules in the process. We wanted to create an elegant typeface with contrast, so we optically adjusted serifs and horizontal stems in order to avoid the stiff look of low-contrast slab serif typefaces. While the thin weights followed rather clear design principles and therefore needed less optical adjusting, the bolder weights required more corrections in order to balance the overall appearance of the text and to optimize legibility.
We had a lot of discussions about the serifs — which letters need serifs? Which shape of serifs work well and which do not? Do we need ball terminals? — Just to name a few of the questions that started these discussions. Our conclusion of these discussions was that more serifs and carefully drawn details are helping to achieve a classy look in big sizes. During this phase we searched for details that add character — this extra spin and elegant appearance — and kept in mind that the design decisions should never interfere with functionality and legibility. Letters like »C«, »G« or »S« have seriffed endings which can also be found in fonts like Caslon or other neoclassic high-contrast typefaces like Bodoni or Didot.
Some of the surprising, unseen shapes we came up with in the design process can be found in the top of the »t« or the top serifs in »l«, which is also present in »b« »d« »h« and »k«. We came up with different designs for several letters and discussed which letters need serifs and which could benefit from looking simpler without serifs.
Throughout the design process we tried a variety of different solutions for the serifs on letters like »c« for example. Changing the top serif in »c« to a ball or a half drop had a huge impact on the overall appearance of Palast. And of course changing the »c« to a half drop terminal also impacted other letter like the lowercase »a« for example.
Drawing italics for a serif face starts with the question: Do we want the italics to blend in with the text or stand out? Historical models often went for drastically narrower proportions and different curve tension to emphasize the difference between roman and italic. These italics felt rather aggressive to us and that is why we took a different route with the italics.
We wanted an italic with a warm feel and a contemporary look that is different enough for emphasizing text, but goes along well with the roman. The italic shows clear influences from handwriting and adds a human touch to the Palast family.
The result is a very crisp, timeless and classy italic. The proportions are slightly narrower than the proportions of the roman and it adds another nuanced voice to the Palast family.
A high contrast font is normally designed for use at large sizes. When using a high contrast typeface in small sizes the thin parts and the fine details are getting too thin to be rendered or printed and the result would be a terrible reading experience. We did not want to compromise on the high contrast of the Poster styles, so we designed a version optimized for small sizes. We changed the stroke contrast, worked on the details and on the proportions to optimize the reading rhythm. We made sure that each letter and each detail look best at each specific style, so that the letters will always be rendered and printed nicely. In the process we decided to add a Display family that sits between the Text and the Poster family, optimized for headlines and short texts. This results in a type system of three optical sizes and 36 fonts in total.
The Palast variable font unites the three Palast font families Poster, Display and Text in one file. With this at hand, users have complete control over all of the weight instances at any optical size for all their specific needs. In 2021 all modern browsers support the WOFF2 variable web fonts and the major Adobe apps like Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop support the variable desktop TTF fonts. Compared to static desktop fonts, there are a three big differences: (1) All weights and optical sizes are stored in one file. (2) Intermediate styles can be interpolated. (3) The file size of a whole font family with more than 16 possible styles is similar to 2-3 single font styles
Palast not only has an extended character set to support the most common latin based languages, but also a rich OpenType feature support. The OpenType features enable excellent typography for the users in all modern layout applications.
Officer
If two letters have the nature to collide when used in combination a ligature is needed to solve this unwanted event. Ligatures are especially designed solutions for such letter combinations. This font contains a set of ligatures which are automatically substituted as soon as these letter combinations are typed in.
I still have 2/8 of Caslon’s type specimen.
If fractions are needed anywhere an OpenType code makes sure that if you type any numbers combined with a slash between a fraction will automatically be substituted.
H2O7N8
A subscript is a character that is set slightly below the normal line of type. They are used in formulas, mathematical expressions, and specifications of chemical compounds and isotopes, but can have many other uses as well. These characters are not simply ordinary characters reduced in size – to keep them visually consistent with the rest of the font, they are slightly heavier than a reduced-size character would be.
Give me 185 letters.
When lining figures are used in a reading text they often produce a visual stretch in the text and disturb the grey value. It has the same effect if you use ALL CAPS in a text. One solution could be to make the numbers slightly smaller and give them some more space in-between. The other, more elegant way is to use the old style figures, they have ascenders and descenders like the lower case letters and will fit seamlessly in the text.
012753
111396
In addition to the normal lining figures, the fonts contain a set of tabular figures. This means that all numbers have the same width, which is useful for setting up invoices, tables or every other task where the figures should have a structured appearance among themselves.
REGIO2
A superscript is a character that is set slightly above the line of type. It has the same weight and size like a subscript character. They are also used in formulas, mathematical expressions and text references, but can have many other uses as well.
Additionally to the letters this font family contains a big set of ornaments, borders, catchwords and symbols fitting to the characteristics of the typeface. The user can combine text and ornament elements keeping a homogenous design language. Here is a small selection:
Latin: Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Belarusian, Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Catalan, Chamorro, Chichewa, Comorian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, Flemish, French, Gaelic, Gagauz, German, Gikuyu, Gilbertese/Kiribati, Haitian-Creole, Hawaiian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Javanese, Kashubian, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luba/Ciluba/Kasai, Luxembourgish, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Maori, Marquesan, Moldovan/Romanian, Montenegrin, Nauruan, Ndebele, Norwegian, Oromo, Palauan/Belauan, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Sami, Samoan, Sango, Serbian, Sesotho, Setswana, Seychellois-Creole, Swazi, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Sotho, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tahitian, Tetum, Tok-Pisin, Tongan, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvaluan, Uzbek, Wallisian, Walloon, Welsh, Xhosa, Zulu.
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