Alexandra Oldaker

Remember clear summer days as a kid? Remember open fields that you explored? Sun shining? Simple breezes sweeping past your face as you ran far and free? The feeling was uncomplicated and enjoyable.

It was natural. Thats Verao, the simple spirit of summer. Alive and vibrant, Verao takes a turn away from the cold structure of todays rigid creations and embraces the movement back to the value of things handmade.

This artisan creation represents the rare, soul-invested fusion of the craftsmans tools, materials, and hand movements, which shapes the solid--but beautifully defined--parts, pieces that, when put together, breathe a measure of life into everyday paragraphs and other bodies of text.

More Veraos hand-written brush script, with its characters imperfect elegance and handmade quality, keeps your work looking organic.

Write a word in more than a hundred different ways thanks to the large number of extra letters it offers.

Two sets of lowercase alternative letters without connectors are included as is a set of swashed endings.

Verao contains stylistic substitutions and ligatures, too, that you can combine however you like.

Whichever way you design, the elements continue to appear balanced and separate and will undoubtedly add more personality to your design.

So stop switching out cogs in your rigid set of fonts. Take time again to play with a natural face thats both easy and energetic. Veraos great temperament makes it a joy to design with. Let this spirit of summer take you away from the mundane. Theres a good chance Verao will lead you where you need to go. Production assistance from Lucas Azevedo.