serif · Collletttivo
Mazius Display
Mazius Display is a high-contrast serif with old-style proportions and a strong calligraphic pull, its shapes drawn from chancery hands. It ships two distinct italics with personalities of their own, meant to be mixed for expressive headline setting at sizes where the contrast can breathe.
Weights
Served as WOFF2: the same outlines the foundry drew, about 30% smaller over the wire.
Credit & license
Drawn by Alberto Casagrande, redrawn by Luigi Gorlero & Nunzio Mazzaferro, published by Collletttivo under the OFL-1.1 Open Font License. You can use it, freely. Get the files.
Pairs well with
New shapes, freely given
The five boxing wizards jump quickly over the lazy dog, and nobody had to ask a licence department first.
Inter — a neutral sans that anchors body text under the ornate display serif.
New shapes, freely given
The five boxing wizards jump quickly over the lazy dog, and nobody had to ask a licence department first.
Archivo — strong verticals that contrast the calligraphic italics cleanly.
New shapes, freely given
The five boxing wizards jump quickly over the lazy dog, and nobody had to ask a licence department first.
Newsreader — a readable text serif that continues the editorial tone at body sizes.
The x-ray
Same size, same baseline — Mazius Display over Inter. Where they agree the strokes merge; where they argue, fringes.
“Hamburgefonstiv” is the type designer's test word — it carries most of the shapes that give a face away.