Darka

ID / Record #9
Credits Gabriel Martínez Meave
Licensing Público con costo
Foundry Sudtipos
Release 2006
Classification Títulos
Class Retail
Variants 1 Styles
Regional Node(s) México
Specimen Darka
Note. Specimen of the typeface Darka. Copyright by Sudtipos.

Darka is a splendid and mysterious dark lady reincarnated in digital vectors as an original black letter font. Her gothic, medieval and nocturnal attributes take the form of sharp terminals, seductive curves, calligraphic style and complex character. Darka combines the balance of Textura, the fluidity of Fraktur and the elegant lowercase to uppercase ratio of Bâtarde in an elegant and witty typeface with a Mexican soul. Darka, which began as a personal calligraphic hand, slowly evolved into a digital type, developing alternative glyphs, flourishes and special signs to preserve its handwritten origins and delicate stress, making it an excellent display type and, surprisingly, even a distinctive, crisp font for short texts. Darka received an award for excellence in the Type Directors Club of New York's annual Type Directors Club competition.

Awards and Recognition

2006 Bienal de Tipografía Latinoamericana. Certificado de Excelencia
Texto
2005 Type Directors Club. Certificado de excelencia
Typeface Design

RECOMMENDED CITATION

TipoMap Latam. (2026). Darka. Mapping of Typographic Production in Latin America. Consulted on 15-06-2026 de https://tipomap.lat/view_typo?id=9