Georg Salden originally developed his groundbreaking sans-serif
between 1972 and 1976 for his own GST (Georg Salden Types). It was
“digitized by hand between 1989 and 1992 on the Ikarus system [and]
expanded.” [Devroye] Polo was
probably the first typeface to offer optical sizes (11 and 22) in
digital form. [Übele]
Today, the Polo
family as offered in OpenType by TypeManufactur
spans 5 weights with Italics, each available in 3 optical sizes (11, 22, 66). Further, there are
Cyrillics, (upright) small caps, 2 display cuts (Fino, Extralight), 10 condensed, 8 narrow and 2 extracondensed styles. A serif companion named
Kant hasn’t been released as of 2022.
Not to be confused with More…
Georg Salden originally developed his groundbreaking sans-serif between 1972 and 1976 for his own GST (Georg Salden Types). It was “digitized by hand between 1989 and 1992 on the Ikarus system [and] expanded.” [Devroye] Polo was probably the first typeface to offer optical sizes (11 and 22) in digital form. [Übele]
Today, the Polo family as offered in OpenType by TypeManufactur spans 5 weights with Italics, each available in 3 optical sizes (11, 22, 66). Further, there are Cyrillics, (upright) small caps, 2 display cuts (Fino, Extralight), 10 condensed, 8 narrow and 2 extracondensed styles. A serif companion named Kant hasn’t been released as of 2022.
Not to be confused with Polo (Typoart).
