Teddy, the family structure
Teddy is one weight only, but has four fonts. All can be used for layering — layering by stacking text frames, each typeset in a different Teddy font. These are the main options, fonts for each option from bottom to top:
Teddy is one weight only, but has four fonts. All can be used for layering — layering by stacking text frames, each typeset in a different Teddy font. These are the main options, fonts for each option from bottom to top:
You’re seeing the third option when using the layered Font Setter above.
Colour in the Font Setter is fixed for now, but text and size are flexible.
In your layout program, just stack frames of the Teddy styles in different colours.
Both Teddy Regular and Teddy Open work wonderfully as standalone fonts.
All fonts have dozens of built-in alternates and special ligatures for a more varied “word image”.
A huge Easter Egg hidden in the Regular is the Teddy Catchwords collection, a series of c. 150 catchwords for daily use in retail, restaurants & bars, and on the web. The unique feature is the plurilingual approach. There’s a bunch of useful keywords in English, German, Dutch, Spanish and French, and some more in Portuguese and the Scandinavian languages. For Catchwords: set the text in Teddy Regular and select Stylistic Set 1 (Teddy Catchwords). And do have a look at the colour-coded Catchwords list:
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View and download the Teddy Catchwords PDF