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Freefont of the Week: Romeral

By Smashing Editorial, February 6th, 2007 in Fonts | 45 Comments | Forum

Free high-quality fonts are extremely hard to find, but sometimes the time you’ve invested in the search is definitely worth the result you’ve got. A new freefont, designed by Juan Pablo De Gregorio, should belong to the collection of every professional web-designer: aside from optimal legibility, Romeral offers elegant style, rounded forms and clear geometric structure of its letters.

“Romeral is designed to produce a noticeable visual impact that invites the audience to the reading due to its sizable thickness. Interestingly enough, the basic idea was to find a way to fill the color titles zone in order to create a comfortable atmosphere for the reading experience.

Romeral’s straight geometric form allows an amateur designer to modify its points without much difficulty. The idea is to be able to easily design a personalized layout of the text.”

Due to its serious tone, Romeral can be used for both body copy and headlines. Particularly in serious online-presentations it can be used to emphasize some accents of the page content.

The open-type font can be used without any restrictions in personal and commercial projects. You can get the font sending a personal request via e-mail or leaving a comment form here.

Published in Fonts, February 6th, 2007
Tags: freefonts, typeface, typography

1.

Joseph (February 6th, 2007, 10:53 am)

This font is not free. I cannot access it from the website!
2.

Andy (February 6th, 2007, 2:15 pm)

It is free, Joseph. Read the instructions Juan Pablo provides on how to receive the font.
3.

florin (February 6th, 2007, 4:59 pm)

I left a message at his blog as wanted - but didn’t get the font yet. maybe he’s quite busy, answering all the requests?
4.

Chris (February 6th, 2007, 6:14 pm)

“Due to its serious tone” - I would say it looks like a light-hearted ‘fun’ font to me. Look at the “R” and the “e”. The second example (which is superb!) could be for a cereal packet.
5.

Carlos Eduardo (February 6th, 2007, 9:30 pm)

Very good font.
I think it’s good to personal websites, using clean styles of shapes and colors.
6.

Renata (February 7th, 2007, 1:04 am)

Really strong font. I like it because it looks really modern (historical sense). Great idea!
7.

Enrique (February 7th, 2007, 1:45 pm)

i Love the font please send if you get a chance
8.

Brian W (February 7th, 2007, 10:06 pm)

Has anyone gotten a response from the designer? I wrote to him at the beginning of January about one of his other by-request fonts and never got an answer. It’s too bad, because they’re all quite nice!
9.

merv (February 9th, 2007, 4:49 am)

I also wrote and never recieved one. This post should be updated that you can not actually get the font, You have to leave your email or write him and then hope you get it. So far I have not heard of anyone getting it.
10.

dave (February 9th, 2007, 9:29 pm)

he sent me the font one day after ich requested it.
11.

Juan Pablo De Gregorio (February 10th, 2007, 10:44 pm)

Excuse me if someone never recived the font.
Many people say “i want this tipeface”, but if not put the email, I will dot know where to send it.

Thank you for post my blog, and thank you for the comments.
Maybe soon you will have a new free font.
12.

Brian W (February 11th, 2007, 7:12 am)

Very nice of the designer to stop by and say hi and rectify the situation–I’m now a proud user of Romeral.
13.

Jaemi (February 15th, 2007, 7:24 am)

Great font. Receiving a copy of Romeral would be greatly appreciated. Look forward to checking out more of your work.
14.

teresa vigil (February 26th, 2007, 12:52 am)

Hi, I hate to soudn bad, but i too did not receive the font, i did exactly what was on the site and no response, thanks though!
15.

neil oman (March 7th, 2007, 4:20 pm)

Hi,

love the font, could you send me a copy?

Many thanks,
Neil
16.

Jon B (May 6th, 2007, 12:38 pm)

I’d like the font when you get a chance. Thanks
17.

ceviri (July 2nd, 2007, 8:55 am)

It is free, Joseph. Read the instructions Juan Pablo provides on how to receive the font…
18.

candie (September 5th, 2007, 6:02 am)

Wonderful font! Would love to receive it! THanks.
19.

jonvdveen (October 5th, 2007, 6:33 am)

Sent him an email as per the instructions on his site. He responded within the hour. Can’t wait to use this font on my company logo.
20.

swamy (October 22nd, 2007, 12:28 am)

hey.. the font looks delicious… please mail it to me! thanks…
21.

marco (November 15th, 2007, 4:28 am)

hi Juan Pablo De Gregorio,

could you send me your great font, too?
mail: e-anima[at]gmx.de

thank you.
22.

Teh Arab (January 1st, 2008, 7:32 pm)

I would love to have this font, thanks.
23.

Sarah (January 2nd, 2008, 8:46 pm)

Please send me a copy of “Romeral” font.
It’s beautiful!
Thank you
24.

Andrew (January 9th, 2008, 9:48 am)

Please send me a copy of “Romeral” font.
Thanks!
25.

Lam (February 25th, 2008, 12:59 pm)

Please send me a copy of “Romeral” font.

Thanks.!

Love the fonts.
26.

Jesse Garrison (March 10th, 2008, 8:14 pm)

please send me a copy of the “Romeral” font.

Thanks!
27.

Sebastian (June 4th, 2008, 2:14 am)

Please send me the font Romeral :)
Thx
28.

ana fernandez (July 23rd, 2008, 7:05 pm)

may i request for the font romeral? thanks!
29.

Carlos Agudo (August 24th, 2008, 6:58 pm)

Excellent font, i really really like, how can I get it?
30.

Cris (September 23rd, 2008, 3:35 am)

Hope your font,

Thanks ;)
31.

Katrin (November 15th, 2008, 9:12 am)

Hi!
This is a great font. I would like to have it. Would you be so kind and send it to me?
Thanks for that.
32.

Matt (November 17th, 2008, 7:40 pm)

Hi,

This font looks great! I’d really appreciate it if you could send me a copy.
33.

fi (January 15th, 2009, 3:02 pm)

very nice type. It will be very usefull. Thanks
34.

andy (January 30th, 2009, 1:24 am)

please send me a copy of this fab font for use on my mac
Thanks
Andy
35.

Ellis Tan (February 16th, 2009, 4:24 pm)

Hi, could i please get this cool font? thanks
36.

kip (February 20th, 2009, 5:56 am)

Gorgeous!
37.

albert (March 2nd, 2009, 2:57 am)

I love! How can I get?
38.

Di Cooper (March 9th, 2009, 5:03 am)

I need Roman OTF or Times Roman OTF or both in any form and description. I am trying to work on a diagram in Adobe InDesign and when importing a diagram which was done in Times New Roman, the actual picture corrupts as Adobe InDesign 2.0 only has Times New Roman PS MT which I can’t use. Can you tell me where I can obtain free Times New Roman, Times Roman, just Times fonts please?
Kind regards
Di
39.

s Goddard (March 27th, 2009, 6:51 am)

please send me a copy of the “Romeral” font.

Thanks!
40.

JChesed (April 7th, 2009, 2:37 pm)

Hey nice font you have here. Can i still get a copy please?
41.

AshleyH (May 8th, 2009, 7:23 am)

Love the Romeral font. Am I able to have it sent to me?
42.

camila (June 5th, 2009, 7:54 am)

I want this font. Please send me a copy of the “Romeral” font
43.

Ed Long (June 10th, 2009, 3:32 am)

hi, really nice typeface, i’d like to use it please! ed_long at ntlworld.com
44.

deanak (June 22nd, 2009, 6:00 am)

may I please get a copy of this font?