GD Optio

2 Styles
Style€ 75Family€ 114
Gärde Design FoundryGD Optio

GD Optio

GD Optio is a complete reimagining of the classic Optima typeface. We’ve refined its features, enhanced legibility, and preserved its delicate humanistic qualities as a semi-sans serif. At the same time, we’ve added a subtle touch of character, because good design should be both functional and flavorful.

Year
2025
Designer(s)
Marcus Gärde · Anders Wikström
Style
Semi-sans serif
Weights
Regular · Italic
Features
Open type Alternates · Proportional Numbers · Tabular Numbers
Languages
200+
UPM
1000
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GD Optio – Reimagining Optima

GD Optio is a complete reimagining of the classic Optima typeface. We’ve refined its features, enhanced legibility, and preserved its delicate humanistic qualities as a semi-sans serif. At the same time, we’ve added a subtle touch of character, because good design should be both functional and flavorful.

Year
2025
Designer(s)
Marcus Gärde
Anders Wikström
Style
Semi-sans serif
Weights
Regular
Italic
Features
Open type Alternates
Proportional Numbers
Tabular Numbers
Languages
200+
UPM
1000
GD Optio typeface specimenGD Optio typeface specimenGD Optio typeface specimen
GD Optio
Regular
Style€ 75Family€ 114
Regular 24 px
Italic 24 px
Regular 18 px
Italic 18 px
Regular 16 px
Regular 14 px
Regular 12 px
Regular 10 px
Italic 16 px
Italic 14 px
Italic 12 px
Italic 10 px
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GD Optio
Regular
U+0041
Ascender800
Cap height700
x-Height500
Baseline0
Descender-270
A
Unicode name
Latin Capital Letter A
Unicode decimal
65
Unicode hex
0041
Block
Basic Latin
Basic Latin
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin Extended-A
Latin Extended-B
IPA & Spacing Modifiers
Other
Latin Extended Additional
General Punctuation
Super & Subscripts
Currency Symbols
Letterlike Symbols
Number Forms
Arrows
Mathematical Operators
GD Optio
Regular
Style€ 75.00Family€ 114.00
Language support
+200 languages
Latin script

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GD Optio
Regular