#12 Coco Gothic Pro by Zetafonts
Q1: Where did the idea for the typeface come from? Did you set out to address a specific use or suite of the application? Was this a design you’d had in mind for a while?
Ans: Coco Gothic Pro was inspired by Coco Chanel. In it, I tried to capture the quintessential mood of classical fashion elegance. I designed Coco Gothic, looking for the effect that the first modern geometric sans typefaces, like Futura, Kabel or Semplicità, had when printed on paper. The crisp, modernist shapes have a charm and warmth, brought about through a slight rounding of the corners. My goal was to capture this demeanor and translate it into the digital designs of Coco Gothic. This signature effect is enhanced by the inclusion of light humanist touches into the letter shapes. The result is a unique melding that makes Coco Gothic Pro both contemporary and vintage.
Q2: What is the one or two most important things graphic communicators should know about the typeface, or how will the family of fonts help them create better design?
Ans: Compared to its previous incarnation, Coco Gothic Pro aims at providing a better on-screen readability, a wider weight range, variable type versions and more language coverage. (Coco Gothic Arabic adds a new script to the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic versions of the original family). A distinguishing feature is the inclusion of ten alternate historical sets, that allow designers to use the typeface as a typographic “time machine,” by selecting letterforms ranging from Art Deco and Art Nouveau to Modernism and 80’s minimalism. Equipped with such an array of historical variants, Coco Gothic Pro becomes an encyclopedia of styles from the last 130 years, ready to transform itself and adapt to the mood of any text.