Carmen Regular

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Carmen

Carmen Display Regular

Carmen Display

Carmen Fiesta Regular

Carmen Fiesta

Carmen Fine Regular

Carmen Fine

Czeska Regular

Czeska

Groundbeat Regular

Groundbeat

Mecano Regular

Mecano

Patufet Regular

Patufet

Patufet Mono Regular

Patufet Mono

Poblet Solid

Poblet

Andreu Balius is a type designer based in Barcelona, Spain. He designs retail and custom typefaces at typerepublic.com and has received several Excellence in Type Design awards for his work. Andreu is a member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), TDC (Type Directors Club), and ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale).  He holds a PhD in Design from the University of Southampton, UK, and teaches typography and type design at EINA, University School of Design and Art in Barcelona. Andreu has delivered keynote lectures at national and international congresses and events, written articles for specialized books and magazines, and conducted workshops at various schools and universities.  In addition to his professional pursuits, he enjoys hiking and mountain biking.

The myth of the Spanish gypsy woman, created by Prosper Mérimée in his famous novel Carmen, served as the inspiration for this typeface. It was commissioned for a new edition of Mérimée’s romantic novel. In the public imagination, the character of Carmen embodies the exotic and captivating beauty of the gypsy woman, with olive skin and voluptuous sensuality. The Carmen typeface personifies that beauty, translating it into letterforms: a high-contrast Neoclassical typeface with sweet, rounded terminals and light strokes as fine as golden threads. Its italics, slightly inclined and gently rounded, are soft and almost fragile, approaching the text like a dance performance. The Carmen typeface expresses contrast, passion, and sophisticated elegance within the text, making your words evoke the scent of orange blossoms.

Andreu Balius