Edificio

Edificio is a typeface inspired by the façade engraving of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel building in New York City, initially drawn by architects Schultze & Weaver directly on the historic elevations. The architects have intentionally or intuitively subverted the art-deco monumental letterforms to give more room to geometric and modernist design. In the same spirit, Edificio possesses anachronistic and contemporary characteristics, creating a hybrid look that could be defined as something like “deco-modernist." We have expanded this “façade inscription” into a single cut font with an extended latin character set.

ABC
Works better
with vertical screen
ETC