About Albuquerque

Albuquerque is a 'revival' typeface based on the font named Cyclopéen, distributed by the 'Fonderie G. Peignot & Fils' (later known as Fonderie Deberny & Peignot), with its initial appearances dating back to 1910 in the catalogs of the Parisian foundry. The drawings of Cyclopéen and its cousin Polyphème remain anonymous, likely the work of a collaborator or employee serving as a punch cutter at Fonderie Peignot. Cyclopéen is a highly condensed typeface with a certain contrast in its weight, giving it a rather classic silhouette with many distinctive features and character for its time. It is classified in the ‘Spécimen Général’ of the Fonderie Peignot & Fils under the 'Caractères Modernes' category, alongside other well-known fonts such as Grasset, Cochin, Auriol, Della Robia, and Robur.Albuquerque is a 'digitalized' version of Cyclopéen, trying to be as closed as possible to the source, featuring only initial capitals, as seen in some specimens from Peignot & Fils foundries. The goal is to create a headline typeface, condensed for use in large sizes, with a strong identity derived from the base character. Some elements have been 'revised' for the sake of coherence and digital optimization.

Details

Character set: Latin extended

File formats delivered: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2

Designed by Eliott Grunewald and developed by OTT

Supported Languages

Afrikaans • Albanian • German • English • Asu • Low German • Lower Sorbian • Basque • Bemba • Bena • Bosnian • Cape Verdean • Catalan • Cebuano • Chewa • Chisena • Cornish • Corsican • Mauritian Creole • Croatian • Danish • Jola-Fonyi • Embu • Spanish • Esperanto • Estonian • Faroese • Filipino • Finnish • French • Friulian • West Frisian • Scottish Gaelic • Galician • Welsh • Ganda • Greenlandic • Gusii • Upper Sorbian • Hungarian • Ido • Indonesian • Interlingua • Interlingue • Irish • Isangu • Icelandic • Italian • Javanese • Jju • Kalenjin • Kamba • Kiga • Kikuyu • Kinyarwanda • Kölsch • Kurdish • Latvian • Ligurian • Lithuanian • Lojban • Lombard • Luo • Luxembourgish • Luyia • Makonde • Makua • Malay • Malagasy • Maltese • Manx • Maori • Matchame • Meru • Northern Ndebele • Southern Ndebele • Dutch • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Nyankole • Occitan • Oromo • Polish • Portuguese • Rejang • Romansh • Rombo • Romanian • Rundi • Rwa • Samburu • Inari Sami • Northern Sami • Sango • Sardinian • Shambala • Shona • Silesian • Slovak • Slovenian • Soga • Somali • Northern Sotho • Southern Sotho • Sundanese • Swedish • Swiss German • Swahili • Swati • Taita • Taroko • Czech • Teso • Tsonga • Tswana • Turkmen • Vmw • Vunjo • Walloon • Walser • Wolastoqey • Wolof • Xhosa • Zhuang • Zulu