SPHINX OF
BLACK QUARTZ,
JUDGE MY VOW.
Ancient Greek · adjective
βαθύς
Deep; extending far beneath the surface.
Bathys is a retro-futurist geometric display typeface based on the lettering used for Corinne Bailey Rae’s name on The Sea and The Love EP. Its curved, interlocking capitals can be joined more tightly using optional ligatures. It is intended for titles and short lines of text.
Try Bathys
Specimens
AFTER HOURS
SILVER SCREEN
PRIVATE VIEW / LATE MATINEE
AN EVENING AT THE THEATRE
LOVE IN SLOW MOTION
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
FEVER
EVERYWHERE
Letters
ABCDEFG
HIJKLMN
OPQRSTU
VWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789
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Ligatures
Unjoined above, joined below.
All ligatures
Optional ligatures
AN EVENING AT THE THEATRE
A VIEW OF THE WATER
Reference
The artist’s name appears in ten distinct capital forms across both covers: A, B, C, E, I, L, N, O, R, and Y. The spiral S and raised crossbar come from the smaller title lettering on The Sea.
Download
OTF and WOFF2 files. Capitals, small caps, numerals, and selected punctuation; no accented characters.