Appeal
Appeal is a serif typeface published by WeType, designed by David Jon Walker and Mares Rayeshtyan. It comes in 9 weights, with italics and a variable version. It is one of 7 typefaces from WeType in the Type.lol catalog.
From the foundry
Appeal is a text weight revival serif-based font based on the characters used in David Walker’s Appeal in Four Articles to the Coloured Citizens of the World. Published in 1830, this document was a manifesto to challenge the conditions of humanity that Americans of color faced during those times. This charged writing featured typesetting that was meant to excite and incite as it was read through the use of spacings and punctuations, a real feat at the time for its intended audience. The original publishing was produced at a finished size of 6×9 inches for portability. At 87 pages, the printing featured a 7pt font size. It is likely that the booklet was printed in the same shop as Boston’s Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper in the U.S., where Walker was a writer.
Published by WeType
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- serif
- Weights
- Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold, Black
- Variable font
- Yes