Klavika

Klavika is a family of sans-serif fonts designed by Eric Olson and released by Process Type Foundry in 2004. It contains four weights: light, regular, medium, and bold (with corresponding italics) and variations of numerals.^[1]

Klavika

Category	Sans-serif
Classification	Cross of Humanist and Geometric
Designer	Eric Olson
Foundry	Process Type Foundry
Date created	2004
License	Proprietary
Sample

The family of typefaces is described as straight-sided technical sans-serifs^[2] flexible for editorial and identity design.^[3]

The capital G has no bar, the capital Q has a tail at the bottom, the lowercase g is double story, and the lowercase k has diagonal strokes that meet at the vertical, with a gap.

Features

• Old-style and small cap numerals (with tabular)^[1]
• Small caps^[1]
• True italics^[3]
• Multiple language support^[3]
• Full set of arrows^[4]
• Available in OpenType, TrueType, PostScript, WOFF and EOT formats.^[1]

In use

• The old^[when?] Facebook logo used a modified version of Klavika Bold.^{[5][self-published source?]}
• The American TV network NBC used Klavika for on-screen branding in 2006 but has since changed its primary typeface several times.^[6]
• Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa used Klavika in the signage during 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[7]
• Chevrolet uses a customized version of Klavika as a corporate typeface.^{[citation needed]} One noticeable difference is the shape of the capital M which has straight rather than splayed sides. For Greek and Cyrillic alphabets, however, local Chevrolet dealers—in Greece and some of the countries using Cyrillic—uses some typefaces similar to Klavika.^{[citation needed]} The condensed fonts were designed by Process Type Foundry LLC with Aaron Carámbula for General Motors marketer FutureBrand^[8] as part of re-design of Chevrolet in 2006. After the expiry of the exclusivity period, the commercial version of the font (Klavika Condensed) was released to the public in the fall of 2008.^[9] Chevrolet continued using Klavika until replacing it with custom fonts (Durant and Louis) around 2013.^{[10][self-published source?]}
• Atlassian has been using this since their re-branding in October 2011. ^[11]
• Visual Identification of city of Katowice, Poland. (Klavika CH) Katowice Visual Identification Document
• The Glasgow Subway system now uses the font in all its recently re-branded visual identity.^[12]
• Portuguese college Instituto Superior Técnico uses this typeface since its 2012 re-branding.^[13]
• YG Entertainment uses Klavika since its brand identity renewal in 2013.^[14]