Grotesca Reforma Variável (variable) is a type revival project started in June 2018 with the purpose of creating a variable font based on movable type prints of Grotesca Reforma type family.
Grotesca Reforma was a grotesque sans-serif font family released and retailed in Brazil by Funtimod, a former type foundry and pinting machinery manufacturer. In this digital revision, the font introduces several features in order to modernize Grotesca Reforma and keep its nostalgic appeal.
Grotesca Reforma Variável is a typographic experiment built as a capstone project for the Specialist Degree in Typography of Senac.
Grotesca Reforma reatins most of the original shapes of its movable type ancestor, but has several modifications in order to harmonize the letters' shapes, improve readability on small sizes and add compatibility with several languages. Many diacritics, ligatures and special characters were added to the main font.
The font family is available in 13 OTF fonts, which most of them resemble to the original Funtimod fonts:
| Name | Weight | Width |
|---|---|---|
| Grotesca Reforma Magra Estreita | 300 | 100 |
| Grotesca Reforma Meio-preta Estreita | 400 | 100 |
| Grotesca Reforma Negrito Estreita | 600 | 100 |
| Grotesca Reforma Preta Estreita | 900 | 100 |
| Grotesca Reforma Magra Condensada | 300 | 300 |
| Grotesca Reforma Regular Condensada | 400 | 300 |
| Grotesca Reforma Negrito Condensada | 600 | 300 |
| Grotesca Reforma Preta Condensada | 900 | 300 |
| Grotesca Reforma Magra | 300 | 500 |
| Grotesca Reforma Regular | 400 | 500 |
| Grotesca Reforma Meio-preta | 500 | 500 |
| Grotesca Reforma Três-quartos | 700 | 500 |
| Grotesca Reforma Preta | 900 | 500 |
Grotesca Reforma also ships as a variable font.
Download the project and find both OTF files and TTF TrueTypeGX file in the fonts folder. Also, you can check out the .glyphs and UFO source files.
This project and font software is licensed for personal, academic and non-profit projects. Commercial use of Grotesca Reforma is not allowed.