Ida

A warm utilitarian grotesque in 18 Latin and Cyrillic styles.

  • Year 2017
  • Category Type Design
  • Tags Grotesque, Latin, Cyrillic, Italics, Narrow
  • LinkIda at MyFonts ↗
Ida specimen: the phrase “Tu, was du nicht lassen kannst!” set in Ida beside the ida simple sans logo

Utility with a human voice

Ida is a contemporary grotesque built around a balance of rational construction and human warmth. Closed apertures, low stroke contrast and an elegant underlying skeleton give the family a clear, economical texture without making it impersonal. Its character recalls the directness of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century grotesques, while its extensive family structure makes it suitable for contemporary editorial and identity systems.

The family on black: eighteen styles from Thin to Bold, with italics and Narrow widths

Eighteen styles, one coherent system

The family contains six weights from Thin to Bold, matching italics, and a complementary Narrow range. The independently designed italics introduce a more fluid rhythm, while the Narrow styles accommodate dense information and compact layouts. Designed for both Latin and Cyrillic, Ida can move between continuous reading, structured editorial typography and expressive display use while retaining a coherent voice across scripts, widths and styles.

Words setting out the character of the family: human touch, quiet confidence, analogue warmth, utility with personality

A long text setting in mixed weights and italics

ida KIDS: an identity application in Bold and Inline, “not here to fit in”

Credits

Typeface designMaria Harlamova
PublisherParaType