My love for 'U'

Museo... it all started with my love for the letter ‘U’

The Museo series from Jos Buivenga’s exljibris foundry has been a real hit in the past 2 years. As Jos states, the font began with his love of the letter ‘U’.

“This uppercase letter just came to me as an image in a daydream. The top of both stems bent into semi-slab serifs. From this principle I worked out the rest of the uppercase letters. My first intention was to make it an all-caps display font but after a while I changed my mind. I wanted it to be a bit more versatile, so I decided to add lowercase and adjust spacing and kerning to increase legibility.”

This OpenType font family comes in five weights and each weight also offers supports CE languages and even Esperanto. Besides ligatures, contextual alternatives, stylistic alternates, fractions and proportional/tabular figures, Museo has a ‘case’ feature for case-sensitive forms.

Laid out on a slab

The new Museo Slab logically completes the suite. As it turns out, the sturdy slab serifs combine perfectly with the family’s friendly geometry, resulting in a wonderfully readable typeface. A perfect contemporary alternative for popular classics in the genre, such as Rockwell and Lubalin Graph. For increased clarity in magazines, reports and listings, pair Museo Slab with Museo Sans.

See these two fonts and the rest of the Museo range at MyFonts.