The old posters and signs in the traditional Montserrat
neighborhood of Buenos Aires inspired Julieta Ulanovsky to
design this typeface and rescue the beauty of urban typography
that emerged in the first half of the twentieth century. As
urban development changes that place, it will never return to
its original form and loses forever the designs that are so
special and unique. The letters that inspired this project
have work, dedication, care, color, contrast, light and life,
day and night! These are the types that make the city look
so beautiful. The Montserrat Project began with the idea to
rescue what is in Montserrat and set it free under a libre
license, the SIL Open Font License.
This is the normal family, and it has two sister families so
far, Alternates and Subrayada. Many of the letterforms are
special in the Alternates family, while 'Subrayada' means
'Underlined' in Spanish and celebrates a special style of
underline that is integrated into the letterforms found in
the Montserrat neighborhood.
Designer: Julieta Ulanovsky
