Acme - Google Fonts

About

Acme is a condensed display typeface inspired by the visual language of classic cartoons and comics. It is designed to be used in headlines, and has a particular and groovy rhythm. The resulting texts are vivid but consistent, and its expressive characteristics work as well on screen as in print. The glyphs were each carefully designed, with top curve quality. It is well balanced, and carefully spaced by eye.

Designers

Juan Pablo del Peral

Huerta Tipográfica

Argentina

Huerta Tipográfica is a collaborative Argentinian type foundry with a deep respect for design and typography. Founded in 2009, the company began as a place to meet, cooperate, and share experiences while collaborating on academic and commercial projects. Huerta Tipográfica develops custom and retail fonts with libre, proprietary, or exclusive licenses, and is strongly committed to creating innovative and functional type. Their award-winning work has been recognized by Letter.2, Tipos Latinos, and the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño.

GitHub | Twitter

When you have some text, how can you choose a typeface? Many people—professional designers included—go through an app’s font menu until we find one we like. But the aim of this Google Fonts Knowledge module is to show that there are many considerations that can improve our type choices. By setting some useful constraints to aid our type selection, we can also develop a critical eye for analyzing type along the way.