Media
About
Balthazar features a high x-height and includes lowercase letters, offering a compact and legible text appearance. Its diagonal stress and soft contrast enhance readability on screen, while delicate serifs provide crispness at text sizes. At larger sizes, it reveals a strong personality through its serif details and stroke modulation, making it suitable for both headlines and body text.
Overview
Balthazar is a contemporary "Copperplate Gothic like" serif typeface inspired by the kind of typefaces used by many bistros and cafes in New York City and Paris. Unusually this type includes lowercase letters. The high x-height gives the text a compact look, true to the original Cooperplate Gothic design. The general form is less condensed. It has diagonal stress, and a soft variation in contrast to improve legibility. It is bolder than normal for better rasterization on screen. The typeface works smoothly at text sizes with its delicate serifs, which gives a crisp effect on the screen. At larger sizes it shows a strong personality with the combination of serif details and the modulation of its strokes. It is useful for both short text and headlines, but it is also comfortable for reading on screen.
Designer: Dario Manuel Muhafara
Similar fonts:
- Sura
- Frank Ruhl Libre
Usage
"" Access one-stop/balthazar using the OneStop MCP.If you do not have the OneStop MCP, read the MCP setup docs.