Cardea—
a typeface
designed by
David
Cabianca.
Licensed
and
distributed
by Emigre. 1
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Introduction.
The Cardea family of typefaces is the outcome
of David Cabianca’s 2003–04 MA Typeface Design
experience at the University of Reading. Cardea
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was designed to function as a text face. It is
characterized by high contrast, subtle curves and
crisp edges to create a typeface that is not shy to
sparkle on the page while appeasing the reader
with remarkable readability. It features three
weights, each with accompanying italics, small
caps, and a large variety of ligatures and numerals,
making it an excellent typeface for setting lengthy
texts in books, journals and annual reports.
Cardea’s form is derived from both classical and
modern models, with influences ranging from the
stoic 2-line Double Pica Roman (or Gros Canon)
of Henrik van den Keere (1575) and the playful and
rather graceful Great Primer Roman of Johann
Michael Fleischman (1739), to the muscular feel
of the work of contemporary sculptors like Arne
Quinze and Mark di Suvero.
During its 10 year development period, Cardea
underwent many transformations due to intense
study and rigourous trial and error. Cabianca also
received professional feedback from a diverse group
of notable type designers and teachers including
Gerrit Noordzij, Jeffery Keedy, and Fred Smeijers.
To read more about Cardea’s lengthy incubation
period and its fascinating background story, please
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Main features. Some distinguishing characteristics.
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Three weights each with italics and small caps. Subtle curves and angles are applied to Cardea to generate visual sparkle. For
example, the bottom of Cardea’s serifs are concave rather than flat. To get the curvature
Cardea Regular & Italics just right took some testing. Straight-line construction suggests a rational approach,
but too much curvature made the design appear “old-fashioned.” Noticeable curvature
brought to mind an era of Arts and Crafts production, e.g. Goudy Old Style. So a very
plus small caps subtle curve was applied, and this slight “irregularity” produced variances in the gray
tone of the text and contributed to the intended visual sparkle of Cardea.
Cardea Bold & Italics
plus small caps
Cardea Black & Italics
plus small caps
Lining and Non-Lining (Old Style) numerals.
15º slant
CARDEA 1234567890
Cardea 1234567890
Cardea 1234567890 Cardea Regular Cardea Regular Italic
Many modern italics follow a fairly gentle slope of 3 to 5 degrees. But Cabianca
CARDEA 1234567890 wanted the italics to be more noticeable in the text, so Cardea’s uppercase is set at 12
degrees, while the lowercase is more extreme at a 15 degree slant.
Cardea 1234567890
Cardea 1234567890
Lining and Non-Lining (Old Style) Tabular numerals.
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While classical italics tend to be lighter in color and more narrow than their
roman companions, e.g. Garamond Monotype Italic, Cabianca sought to follow the more
modern proportions of an italic which is similar in width to its roman variant. Cardea’s
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italics are only slightly more condensed at a 97% horizontal compression of the roman.
$4,233,680,967,205.42 Together, these seemingly incongruent features are in keeping with Cardea’s balance
between classical and modern traits.
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Three times
in his sensational career has Sandy Koufax walked
out to the mound to pitch a fateful ninth where he
turned in a no-hitter.
A Perfect Game. But tonight,
September the 9th
nineteen hundred and 65,
The Cardea typeface he made the toughest walk of his career, I’m sure,
is used here for the first time in its finished form because through eight innings he has pitched a
to set a transcript of Vin Scully’s radio call of the ninth inning of
Sandy Koufax’s 1965 perfect game against the Chicago Cubs. PERFEC T GAME .
He has struck out 11, he has retired 24 consecutive batters, and
play ball!
the first man he will look at is catcher Chris Krug,
big right-hand hitter, flied to second, grounded to short.
Dick Tracewski is now at second base
and Koufax ready and delivers:
curveball for a strike.
0 AND 1 THE COUNT TO CHRIS KRUG.
Out on deck to pinch-hit is one of the men we mentioned earlier
as a possible, Joey Amalfitano.
Here’s the strike 1 pitch to Krug:
fastball, swung on and missed, strike 2.
And you can almost taste the pressure now.
16 Koufax lifted his cap, ran his fingers through his black hair, 17
then pulled the cap back down, fussing at the bill.
Krug must feel it too as he backs out, heaves a sigh,
took off his helmet, put it back on
and steps back up to the plate.
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Tracewski is over to his right to fill up the middle, Kennedy is deep to guard the line. Koufax into his windup and the 1-2 pitch:
The strike 2 pitch on the way: fastball, fouled back out of play.
fastball, In the Dodger dugout Al Ferrara gets up and walks
down near the runway, and it begins to get tough to be a
outside, ball 1. teammate and sit in the dugout and have to watch.
Krug started to go after it and held up and Torborg held the Sandy back of the rubber, now toes it.
ball high in the air trying to convince Vargo
but Eddie said nossir. All the boys in the bullpen straining to get a better look as
One and 2 the count to Chris Krug. they look through the wire fence in left field.
It is 9:41 p.m.
on September the 9th. One and 2 the count to Chris Krug.
Koufax, feet together,
The 1-2 pitch on the way: now to his windup and the 1-2 pitch:
curveball FASTBALL OUTSIDE, ball 2.
tapped foul off to the left of the plate.
( Crowd boos )
The Dodgers defensively in this spine-tingling moment:
Sandy Koufax and Jeff Torborg. A lot of people in the ballpark now are starting to see the
The boys who will try and stop anything hit their way: pitches with their hearts. The pitch was outside,
Wes Parker, Dick Tracewski, Maury Wills and John Kennedy; Torborg tried to pull it over the plate but Vargo,
the outfield of an experienced umpire, wouldn’t go for it.
Lou Johnson, Willie Davis and Ron Fairly. Two and 2 the count to Chris Krug.
Sandy reading signs, into his windup,
2-2 pitch:
And there’s 29,000 people in the ballpark and
a million butterflies.
Twenty nine thousand,
fas t ba l l
one hundred 18 got him swingin’! 19
and thirty-nine paid.
Sandy Koufax has struck out 12.
He is two outs away from a perfect game.
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Here is Joe Amalfitano He is one out away from the promised land,
to pinch-hit for Don Kessinger. and H a rv e y K u e n n i s c om i n ’ u p.
So Harvey Kuenn is batting for Bob Hendley.
Amalfitano is from Southern California, from San Pedro.
He was an original bonus boy with the Giants.
Joey’s been around, and as we mentioned earlier, THE TIME ON THE SCOREBOARD IS 9:44.
he has helped to beat the Dodgers twice, THE DATE, SEPTEMBER THE 9TH,
and on deck is Harvey Kuenn.
Kennedy is tight to the bag at third, 1965
the fast·ball and Koufax working on veteran Harvey Kuenn.
Sandy into his windup and the pitch,
a strike. a fastball for a strike!
0 and 1 with one out in the ninth inning, He has struck out, by the way,
1 to nothing, Dodgers. five consecutive batters,
and that’s gone unnoticed.
Sandy reading, into his windup and the strike 1 pitch:
Sandy ready and the strike 1 pitch:
CURVEBALL,
tapped foul, 0 and 2.
very high and he lost his hat.
And Amalfitano walks away and shakes himself a little bit, He really forced that one.
and swings the bat. And Koufax with a new ball, takes a hitch at his belt and That’s only the second time tonight where I have had the
walks behind the mound. I would think that the mound at Dodger Stadium
feeling that Sandy threw instead of pitched, trying to get that
right now little extra, and that time he tried so hard his hat
fell off—he took an extremely long stride to the plate—and
is the loneliest place in the world. Torborg had to go up to get it.
Sandy fussing, looks in to get his sign,
One and 1 to Harvey Kuenn.
0 and 2 to Amalfitano.
Now he’s ready:
THE STRIKE 2 PITCH TO JOE:
fastball, high, ball 2.
Fastball 20
You can’t blame a man
for pushing just a little bit now.
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swung on and missed, Sandy backs off, mops his forehead, runs his left index finger
along his forehead, dries it off on his left pants leg.
strike 3!
All the while Kuenn just waiting.
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Now Sandy looks in.
Into his windup
and the 2-1 pitch to Kuenn: Sandy Koufax
swung on and missed
STRIKE 2! Johnson
dick Tracewski
It is 9:46 p.m.
Two and 2 to Harvey Kuenn,
one strike away.
FAIRLY
Sandy into his windup,
here’s the pitch:
Swung on and missed,
A Perfect Game.
( 38 seconds of cheering )
Jeff Torborg
On the scoreboard in right field it is 9:46 p.m.
in the City of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. And a crowd
of 29,139 just sitting in to see the only pitcher in baseball
history to hurl four no-hit, no-run games.
He has done it four straight years, and now he caps it:
On his fourth no-hitter he made it a perfect game.
And Sandy Koufax, whose name will always remind you
of strikeouts, did it with a flurry.
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Parker
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He struck out the last six consecutive batters.
John Kennedy
So when he wrote his name in capital letters in the record
books, that “K” stands out even more than the
·O·U·F·A·X·
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Take me out to the ball game
1908 version by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer
Perfect Game: A perfect game is
defined by Major League Baseball
Katie Casey was baseball mad, as a game in which a pitcher (orSandy Koufax Pitching Stats
Had the fever and had it bad. combination of pitchers) pitches
Just to root for the home town crew, a victory that lasts a minimum YEAR AGE team W L pct ERA G IP
of nine innings and in which no
Ev’ry sou 1955 19 BRO 2 2 .500 3.02 12 41.2
opposing player reaches base.
Katie blew. 1956
[2] Thus, the pitcher (or pitchers) 20 BRO 2 4 .333 4.91 16 58.2
cannot allow any hits, walks, hit1957 21 BRO 5 4 .556 3.88 34 104.1
On a Saturday her young beau
batsmen, or any opposing player1958 22 LAD 11 11 .500 4.48 40 158.3
Called to see if she’d like to go to reach base safely for any other
1959 23 LAD 8 6 .571 4.05 35 153.1
To see a show, but Miss Kate said “No, reason: in short, “27 up, 27 down".
1960 24 LAD 8 13 .381 3.91 37 175.0
I'll tell you what you can do:” 1961 25 LAD 18 13 .581 3.52 42 255.2
1962 26 LAD 14 7 .667 3.54 28 184.1
Chorus 1963 27 LAD 25 5 .833 1.88 40 311.0
Take me out to the ball game, 1964 28 LAD 19 5 .792 1.74 29 223.0
Take me out with the crowd; 1965 29 LAD 26 8 .765 2.04 43 335.2
Just buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, 1966 30 LAD 27 9 .750 1.73 41 323.0
I don’t care if I never get back. 165 87 .655 2.76 397 2324.1
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don’t win, it’s a shame.
For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out,
At the old ball game.
Sandy Koufax
Katie Casey saw all the games,
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Pitcher
Knew the players by their first names.
Told the umpire he was wrong, Los Angeles Dodgers
All along,
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Good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
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Katie Casey knew what to do,
Los Angeles, California 90090-1112
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
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She made the gang sing this song:
Take me out to the ball game,
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Los Angeles
Just buy me some peanutsDodgers vs Chicago
and Cracker Jack, Cubs
cardea regular & black 14/17 POINT
Three times in his sensational career has Sandy Koufax
walked out to the mound to pitch a fateful ninth where he turned Chicago Cubs Outfielder
in a no-hitter. But tonight, September the 9th, nineteen hundred
and 65, he made the toughest walk of his career, I’m sure, because
through eight innings he has pitched a perfect game. He has struck
out 11, he has retired 24 consecutive batters, and the first man he
will look at is catcher Chris Krug, big right-hand hitter, flied to
second, grounded to short. Dick Tracewski is now at second base and
splitfinger
Koufax ready and delivers: curveball for a strike.
Los Angeles Dodgers
29,139
cardea regular & black 12/15 POINT
Three times in his sensational career has Sandy Koufax walked
out to the mound to pitch a fateful ninth where he turned in a no-hitter. But
tonight, September the 9th, nineteen hundred and 65, he made the toughest
walk of his career, I’m sure, because through eight innings he has pitched
a perfect game. He has struck out 11, he has retired 24 consecutive batters,
and the first man he will look at is catcher Chris Krug, big right-hand hitter,
flied to second, grounded to short. Dick Tracewski is now at second base and
Koufax ready and delivers: curveball for a strike.
cardea regular & black 10/13 POINT
CHAVEZ RAVINE
Three times in his sensational career has Sandy Koufax walked out to the
mound to pitch a fateful ninth where he turned in a no-hitter. But tonight, September the
9th, nineteen hundred and 65, he made the toughest walk of his career, I’m sure, because
through eight innings he has pitched a perfect game. He has struck out 11, he has retired
fastball got him swingin’
Outfielder
24 consecutive batters, and the first man he will look at is catcher Chris Krug, big right-
hand hitter, flied to second, grounded to short. Dick Tracewski is now at second base and
Koufax ready and delivers: curveball for a strike.
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cardea regular & black 36/42 POINT
Three times in his sensational career h
walked out to the mound to pitch a fateful ninth
in a no-hitter. But tonight, September the 9th
and 65, he made the toughest walk of his career,
through eight innings he has pitched a perfect g
out 11, he has retired 24 consecutive batters, an
will look at is catcher Chris Krug, big right-hand
second, grounded to short. Dick Tracewski is no
Koufax ready and delivers: curveball for a strike.
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