Ziggurat – heavy nineteenth century display
Important Notice
Ziggurat is a premium commercial font and is not available for free download on Kreativ Font. To use it legally in personal or commercial projects, purchase it from an official marketplace.
Ziggurat is a Display typeface from Jonathan Hoefler, published by Hoefler & Co..
Why you should consider Ziggurat
Find Ziggurat on MyFonts: https://www.myfonts.com/collections/ziggurat-font-hoefler-and-co. Ziggurat was designed by Jonathan Hoefler for Hoefler & Co. as the cornerstone of The Proteus Project, a set of interchangeable families inspired by nineteenth‑century styles. The MyFonts listing shows two available styles — Ziggurat Black and Ziggurat Black Italic — offered individually or together as a family pack.
Visual character
Ziggurat reads as a dense, high‑impact display: letterforms are compact with chunky vertical stems and relatively tight counters, producing a strong overall color on the page. The Black weight leans toward very thick, near‑uniform strokes while the italic version preserves that mass in a slanted posture, keeping contrast minimal and focus on silhouette rather than fine detail.
Best use cases
Font pairing ideas
- Neutral grotesque sans for body copy — a straightforward sans offsets Ziggurat’s heavy, condensed display forms and provides calm, readable text to support bold headlines.
- Humanist serif for editorial warmth — a low‑contrast serif can complement the nineteenth‑century character without competing with Ziggurat’s dense color, useful for short captions or product descriptions.
- Light geometric sans for modern contrast — a lighter, more open geometric face creates a clear hierarchy and highlights Ziggurat’s historical, stamp‑like presence in headlines or marks.
Font Features
- Part of The Proteus Project (a collection of interchangeable nineteenth‑century style families)
- Includes 2 styles: Ziggurat Black and Ziggurat Black Italic
- OpenType glyphs and variants are listed on the MyFonts family page
What’s Included
- Ziggurat Black font file
- Ziggurat Black Italic font file
- Family package option containing both fonts
Pricing
- Per style: $52.00 USD (as listed on MyFonts)
- Pack of 2 styles (complete family): $104.00 USD
- MyFonts page shows licensing options and ‘Licenses from $104.00 USD’ for certain license types
Font details
- Font Style: Display
- Font Mood: Vintage, Bold, and Retro
- Font Use Case: Poster, Packaging, and Logo
- Designer: Jonathan Hoefler
- Foundry: Hoefler & Co.
- Family contains 2 styles: Ziggurat Black and Ziggurat Black Italic (explicit on the product listing) (Source: Ziggurat contains 2 styles and family package options.)
- Offered on MyFonts with desktop and webfont licensing options (per the listing) (Source: Ziggurat Black Ziggurat Black Italic Licensing Options MyFonts licenses are tailored for individual creatives.)
