Raporte Typeface by Typeverything.com

Project description

Raporte is a new typeface from Typeverything, inspired by the classic Reporter. This was a curious brush script for it's time, first cast in 1938 by Norddeutsche Schriftgießerei and later taken on by Johannes Wagner. It captured the casual flow of a marker pen and somehow translated it into metal (and even wood), complete with alternates and ligatures. Our starting point for Raporte came not from the brushy version everyone remembers, but from a German neon sign where the texture had been stripped away. The endings were blunt, almost monoline, and suddenly the script looked less nostalgic and more contemporary. From there, we rebuilt the design with today’s tools. Raporte keeps Reporter’s cool flow but smooths the details for clarity. And because we don’t live in 1938 anymore, we let OpenType do the heavy lifting: most lowercase letters have alternates that switch automatically, so repeated letters never clone themselves. One “m” might sit tall, the next a little shorter, like handwriting that refuses to repeat. Back when ligatures were exotic sorts, Reporter had a handful; Raporte multiplies them into hundreds of possible connections. The result is a playful, modern script with Latin+ support and over 800 glyphs. It’s perfect for logos, book and magazine titles, posters, and packaging, anywhere you need a lively typeface that feels both human and contemporary.