CA Slalom started with a simple ambition: take the spirit of classics like Gill and Antique Olive and give it a contemporary spin – same focus on aesthetics, flexibility, and everyday usefulness, just rebuilt for how type gets used today.
The S ended up being the breakout shape. Its curve was so distinctive that it became the visual anchor for the whole family. Working from that extra bold extended weight outward, CA Slalom grew into a proper type family, spanning four widths that all share the same underlying logic.
Looks-wise, it leans round rather than square. The stroke-ends pull in deep, almost like they're tucking under themselves, and the x-height sits a bit lower than you'd expect. None of these are loud design choices on their own, but together they give CA Slalom a personality that's difficult to mistake for anything else.
It's a typeface that feels clearly of its time, but it doesn't chase trends just to feel current. There's enough restraint and structure in it that it could easily age into something people reach for the way they reach for Gill or Antique Olive now – not because it's flashy, but because it works.
Designed by:
Stefan Claudius
Styles: 42
+ Variable Font
Supported Languages:
Western encoding
Central European encoding
Latin Extended encoding
Cyrillic encoding
OpenType Features:
Discretionary ligatures (dlig)
Contextual alternates (calt)
Stylistic sets (ss0x)
Slashes zero (zero)
Fractions (frac)
Ordinals (ordn)
Proportional old-style (pnum+onum)
Proportional lining (pnum+lnum)
Tabular lining (tnum+lnum)
Tabular old-style (tnum+onum)
Superiors / Inferiors (subs/sinf)
Specimen
Characters, features, etc.
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