What is the Vesta™ font?
In the late 1990s Gerard Unger won the assignment to design the signage system for the Holy Year celebrations to be held in Rome in 2000. The system he developed in cooperation with the design agency n|p|k used a classically inspired serif typeface, but the earlier proposals included a sans-serif, which became Vesta (2001).
Vesta is a versatile family that can be used as a display face alongside Unger’s serif faces Gulliver, Capitolium or Coranto; it can also be used on its own, even in longer texts. Vesta is narrower and therefore more economical than some commonly used sans serifs such as Arial and Helvetica; there is also a noticeable contrast between thick and thin parts, which makes it more lively. Vesta is to be extended with narrow versions, small capitals and old style numerals, along with some special versions for headlines.
Vesta™ Font families
The Vesta™ includes the following font families:
- Vesta Pro Light
- Vesta Pro Light Italic
- Vesta Pro Regular
- Vesta Pro Italic
- Vesta Pro Medium
- Vesta Pro Medium Italic
- Vesta Pro SemiBold
- Vesta Pro SemiBold Italic
- Vesta Pro Bold
- Vesta Pro Bold Italic
- Vesta Pro ExtraBold
- Vesta Pro ExtraBold Italic
- Vesta Pro Black
- Vesta Pro Black Italic
- Vesta Std Light Italic
- Vesta Std Light
- Vesta Std Regular
- Vesta Std Italic
- Vesta Std Medium
- Vesta Std Medium Italic
- Vesta Std SemiBold
- Vesta Std SemiBold Italic
- Vesta Std Bold
- Vesta Std Bold Italic
- Vesta Std ExtraBold
- Vesta Std ExtraBold Italic
- Vesta Std Black
- Vesta Std Black Italic
Vesta™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Vesta™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
You're probably thinking - Is Vesta™ available to Download for free?
The short answer is no. Vesta™ is definitely not available as a free download font. This is a premium font which mean that you will have to pay to download and use it in your project. We showcase fonts on SharedFonts that are almost all premium fonts. Feel free to waste valuable hours of your time searching for a free download of Vesta™, but take it from me, you will not be successful in your quest. Just think how much time and effort you will save if you just pay for Vesta™ and be done with it.
It is always best to pay for a premium font rather than trying to find an illegal download. The benefits of paying for Vesta™ is that you get the license to use it leagally. If you're using an illegal version of Vesta™ and you get caught, you or your client could get into some trouble legally with the publisher of Vesta™.
Also it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Vesta™ for free. Doing various searches on Google such as "Free Vesta™ Download" you will see a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Vesta™ remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Vesta™ and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)
