ITC Humana, designed by Timothy Donaldson, is an extended typeface family that delivers a host of virtues: it’s exceptionally versatile, extremely legible, and offers a friendly personality that remains distinctive across all its 15 weights and styles.
Donaldson, a self-taught type designer, began his career as a sign painter and eventually gravitated to lettering and typeface design. His long history of creating with pen in hand and ink on his fingers is evident even in his digital designs. In fact, he began his work on Humana with a broad-edged pen, drawing the letterforms that would become ITC Humana Script Donaldson wondered what a corresponding roman might look like, and made pencil sketches as a prelude to constructing letters on screen. He then pulled on the Bèziers until he achieved the forms he wanted. The sans was built on the serif foundation.
With light, medium, and bold weights in serif, sans serif and script designs, as well as matching italics that complement the serif and sans serif weights, the ITC Humana family offers remarkable typographic flexibility. It’s especially well-suited to applications where clarity is important and a friendly feel is desired. While each design has a slightly different personality, Donaldson sees the sans serifs as the most affable members of the family. The serif design is legible and warm, while the italics and scripts are distinctive tools for creating emphasis and visual interest.
Humana Sans PDF
Humana Serif PDF
Humana Script PDF