Continuo

LetTerforms compoSed of a single, contINuoUs line.

Designed by Delve Withrington

Astra Planeti Chiron Sinfonía EstrelLa DionysuS LaSers! MetamorphOSis
A B C D E F G H I

Story

Continuo is a fascinating, all-uppercase display typeface wherein each letterform is designed with a single, continuous line. The challenges presented by that simple idea are similar to constructing letterforms with neon tubing. For example, when the strokes of a letterform are heavier than the width of the neon tube, two tubes are employed to create the outer contours, effectively leaving an unfilled void inside the stroke. Also, since neon tubes cannot be broken apart as they trace the contours, they must follow a path that, for reasons of economy and to avoid optical massing (or bright spots in neon), the tubes are not crossed. So too, the construction of Continuo follows.

The newly updated Continuo now has alternate forms of letters A-Z available in the lowercase a-z and by extension those alternates are also present in the lowercase diacritics. The new Latin Plus glyph repertoire of Continuo contains almost 900 glyphs, supporting 224 languages, including Vietnamese and multiple African languages. A handy set of arrows and additional international currency symbols were added as well.

The name is derived from the musical term “Basso Continuo” meaning an almost constant bass line, an integral part of most musical melodies.

As an in-line display type, Continuo is ideal for headlines and most oversized applications and its unique appearance commands attention from viewers.

Features

Standard Ligatures 
Waffles
Waffles
Discretionary Ligatures 
BATTLESTARS
BATTLESTARS

Additional features include: Localized Forms, Subscript, Superscript, Numerators, Denominators, Fractions, Ordinals, Case-Sensitive Forms, and Slashed Zero.

Glyphs

Basic Latin 94

!
"
#
$
%
&
'
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
:
;
<
=
>
?
@
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
[
\
]
^
_
`
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
{
|
}
~

Latin-1 Supplement 95

Ð
ð
Ý
ý
Þ
þ
½
¼
¹
¾
³
²
¦
×
Ä
Å
Ç
É
Ñ
Ö
Ü
á
à
â
ä
ã
å
ç
é
è
ê
ë
í
ì
î
ï
ñ
ó
ò
ô
ö
õ
ú
ù
û
ü
°
¢
£
§
ß
®
©
´
¨
Æ
Ø
±
¥
µ
ª
º
æ
ø
¿
¡
¬
À
Ã
Õ
÷
ÿ
·
Â
Ê
Á
Ë
È
Í
Î
Ï
Ì
Ó
Ô
Ò
Ú
Û
Ù
¯
¸
¤
­
«
»

Latin Extended-A 127

Ł
ł
Š
š
Ž
ž
Œ
œ
Ÿ
Ă
ă
Ā
ā
Ą
ą
Ć
ć
Č
č
Ĉ
ĉ
Ċ
ċ
Ď
ď
Đ
đ
Ĕ
ĕ
Ě
ě
Ė
ė
Ē
ē
Ŋ
ŋ
Ę
ę
Ğ
ğ
Ĝ
ĝ
Ģ
ģ
Ġ
ġ
Ħ
ħ
Ĥ
ĥ
Ĭ
ĭ
İ
ı
IJ
ij
Ī
ī
Į
į
Ĩ
ĩ
Ĵ
ĵ
Ķ
ķ
ĸ
Ĺ
ĺ
Ľ
ľ
Ļ
ļ
Ŀ
ŀ
Ń
ń
ʼn
Ň
ň
Ņ
ņ
Ŏ
ŏ
Ő
ő
Ō
ō
Ŕ
ŕ
Ř
ř
Ŗ
ŗ
Ś
ś
Ş
ş
Ŝ
ŝ
Ŧ
ŧ
Ť
ť
Ţ
ţ
Ŭ
ŭ
Ű
ű
Ū
ū
Ų
ų
Ů
ů
Ũ
ũ
Ŵ
ŵ
Ŷ
ŷ
Ź
ź
Ż
ż

Latin Extended-B 143

ƒ
Ǎ
ǎ
Ȁ
ȁ
Ǟ
ǟ
Ȧ
ȧ
Ǡ
ǡ
Ǽ
ǽ
Ǣ
ǣ
Ȃ
ȃ
Ǻ
ǻ
Ɓ
Ƀ
Ƈ
ƈ
Ɖ
Ɗ
DZ
Dz
dz
DŽ
Dž
dž
Ȩ
ȩ
Ȅ
ȅ
Ȇ
ȇ
Ɛ
Ǝ
Ʃ
ǝ
Ʒ
Ǯ
ǯ
Ƒ
Ǵ
ǵ
Ɣ
Ǧ
ǧ
Ɠ
ɂ
Ǥ
ǥ
Ȟ
ȟ
Ǐ
ǐ
Ȉ
ȉ
Ȋ
ȋ
Ɩ
Ɨ
ǰ
ȷ
Ǩ
ǩ
Ƙ
ƙ
LJ
Lj
lj
ſ
Ǹ
ǹ
Ɲ
NJ
Nj
nj
Ǒ
ǒ
Ȍ
ȍ
Ȫ
ȫ
Ȯ
ȯ
Ȱ
ȱ
Ơ
ơ
Ȏ
ȏ
Ǫ
ǫ
Ǭ
ǭ
Ɔ
Ǿ
ǿ
Ȭ
ȭ
Ƥ
ƥ
ɋ
Ȑ
ȑ
Ȓ
ȓ
Ɍ
Ə
Ș
ș
Ț
ț
Ƭ
ƭ
Ʈ
Ʉ
Ǔ
ǔ
Ȕ
ȕ
Ǘ
ǘ
Ǚ
ǚ
Ǜ
ǜ
Ǖ
ǖ
Ư
ư
Ȗ
ȗ
Ʊ
Ʋ
Ʌ
Ƴ
ƴ
Ȳ
ȳ

IPA Extensions 24

ɑ
ɓ
ɗ
ɖ
ɛ
ʃ
ʒ
ɣ
ɠ
ʔ
ʕ
ɦ
ɩ
ɨ
ɲ
ɔ
ɾ
ɽ
ə
ʈ
ʉ
ʊ
ʋ
ʌ

Spacing Modifier Letters 9

ˆ
˜
˘
˙
˚
˝
˛
ˇ
ʼ

Combining Diacritical Marks 30

̈
̇
̀
́
̋
̂
̌
̆
̊
̃
̄
̉
̏
̑
̒
̛
̣
̤
̥
̦
̧
̨
̭
̮
̰
̱
̵
̶
̷
̸

Greek and Coptic 1

π

Latin Extended Additional 246

ế
ḿ
ṿ

General Punctuation 17

Currency Symbols 16

Letterlike Symbols 2

Arrows 10

Mathematical Operators 14

Geometric Shapes 1

Alphabetic Presentation Forms 5

Latin Extended-C 4

Latin Extended-D 4

Continuo supports 225 languages. View our language support page to see which.


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