Font Friday #183

Bajazzo

Mockup of a mobile phone showing the sans-serif typeface Bajazzo. Structured in heading, body text, and a big pull quote. The heading is: Bajazzo is Friendly, Warm & Versatile

Sans-serif superfamily

from Schriftlabor
designed by Lisa Schultz

Variable Font

2 axes: Weight, Width

54 Styles

9 Weights: Thin to Black
3 Widths: Narrow to Expanded
with matching italics

Additional Scripts

Cyrillic

Best for

  • Headings (display text)
  • Long reading text (body text)
  • User Interfaces (functional text)

License starting

around $40 (one style)
around $900 (bundle)

Specialty

A sans-serif superfamily that blends vintage charm with modern versatility.

Get Bajazzo from ILT

My Bajazzo Font Review

Let’s go to the Ballet! To the Nutcracker, of course, Christmas is coming. And what better typeface to take with us than Bajazzo! This versatile superfamily, coming in 9 weights and three widths, will cover most of your design needs, from expressive headings down to dry, functional captions.

Inspired by a classic print ad from Vienna’s State Opera, Bajazzo impresses with its remarkable versatility. Suited for both display and body text, thanks to its many styles. Working very well for functional text too. Like the small print on a website or ticket, or in UI design. Bajazzo remains clean but still conveys a certain warmth and friendliness.
Bajazzo covers three widths and nine weights. Please adore these small caps following “Mozart”.

Its designer Lisa Schultz told me the typeface was inspired by an old ad from Vienna’s State Opera. Comparing it with Bajazzo Rounded, you can observe how well the essence of the typeface was captured, cleaned up and made accessible for a broad range of applications.

A vintage ad from Vienna’s State Opera showing the original inspiration of Bajazzo, using the words: “Staatsoper“ and “Cavalleria rusticana“. You see a bold and yet warm, sans-serif typeface title the page in loosely spaced all caps letters. Followed by a dense and expanded mixed case title.
This ad from 1939 inspired Bajazzo, original image and credits: ÖNB. I love how the characteristic R still lives on as an alternative character! Set in Bajazzo Rounded, Black and Expanded Black.

Speaking of alternative characters – Bajazzo offers a wide range of adjustments: Make it warmer with rounded dots or this wonderful flared capital “R”. Or a bit cleaner, with a simpler “t” and a single-storey “a”. Especially when creating logotypes, having these options is great.

What means Rikato? Could be something muscial, I don’t know, but it contained all the alternative characters I needed to show 😉.

This superfamily cover a wider range of typographic expressions, going from Narrow to Expanded, Thin to Black, in both Latin and Cyrillic script. Bajazzo’s versatility bridges elegance and functionality, making it a dynamic toolkit. With its alternative characters and adaptable styles, I can recommend it for everything from branding to UI design.

Font Pairings with Bajazzo

Bajazzo is a dynamic, linear sans-serif typeface. To take your titles and headings up a notch, pair it with one of my suggestions below.

Bajazzo
Bajazzo
  • Headings
  • Copy
  • UI Text
Fondamento (free)
Fondamento (free)
  • Headings
Streco
Streco
  • Headings

Learn more about pairing typefaces using the Font Matrix.

Wanna dance with Bajazzo? Tell me in the comments! Also, if you came across another cool font that I should feature!

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