A custom typeface designed by Paul Barnes with Dan
Milne for the exclusive use by Rapha.
“Rapha Sans comes in two widths in six weights,
from Light to Extrabold, and is an adaption of one of the first
releases from Commercial Classics, Caslon Doric, a compendium of the Caslon
foundry sans serifs cut in the last third of the nineteenth century
and the beginning of the twentieth century. The regular width is
based on Caslon Doric No. 4, which first appeared in
the 1870s and was the first regular width sans Caslon produced with
a lower case. Rapha Sans Condensed is wider than
Commercial Classics’ Caslon Doric Condensed, and has
been specially refined for use as both a text More…
A custom typeface designed by Paul Barnes with Dan Milne for the exclusive use by Rapha.
“Rapha Sans comes in two widths in six weights, from Light to Extrabold, and is an adaption of one of the first releases from Commercial Classics, Caslon Doric, a compendium of the Caslon foundry sans serifs cut in the last third of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. The regular width is based on Caslon Doric No. 4, which first appeared in the 1870s and was the first regular width sans Caslon produced with a lower case. Rapha Sans Condensed is wider than Commercial Classics’ Caslon Doric Condensed, and has been specially refined for use as both a text and display face.” Unveiled in March 2019. [Commercial Type] The sample shows the Condensed Semibold.
