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Cardo-Regular.ttf
Cardo Font
Cardo family consisting of 3 fonts
Author's note
Cardo, David J. Perry's free old-style serif font, has the calm, bookish tone of Renaissance lettering. Its letters pair generous curves with sharp wedge-like serifs and a slightly calligraphic rhythm, so the overall texture feels learned rather than mannered.
That makes this free font a natural fit for editorial titles, poetry books, museum materials, scholarly covers, and classical music programs, where a page wants some historical gravity without turning stiff. It also works well for quotations, chapter openings, and other short settings where those broad curves and crisp finishing details give the words a quietly traditional voice.
That makes this free font a natural fit for editorial titles, poetry books, museum materials, scholarly covers, and classical music programs, where a page wants some historical gravity without turning stiff. It also works well for quotations, chapter openings, and other short settings where those broad curves and crisp finishing details give the words a quietly traditional voice.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2002-2011, David J. Perry (hospes02@scholarsfonts.net)
Font family
Cardo
Font subfamily
Regular
Full font name
Cardo
Name table version
Version 1.0451
Postscript font name
Cardo-Regular
Trademark notice
Cardo is a trademark of David J. Perry.
Manufacturer name
David J. Perry
Designer
David J. Perry
Description
A font for scholarly use in classical and medieval languages. Contains characters for many languages as well as those required for quality typography. This version is compatible with MUFI Specification 3.0.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode full repertoire.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
MicrosoftUnicode full repertoire
Font details
Created2011-09-04
Revision1
Glyph count3845
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classModern serifs
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionMixed directional glyphs
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Cardo-Regular.ttf
Cardo-Bold.ttf
Cardo-Italic.ttf
Cardo-Bold.ttf
Cardo-Italic.ttf
- Accents (partial)
- Accents (full)
- Euro
Cardo-Bold.ttf
- Accents (partial)
- Accents (full)
- Euro
Cardo-Italic.ttf
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