Ulian is a crisp, uniquely individual display face from Typodermic—a fresh departure in an entirely different direction. Ulian combines the distinctive straight sides of blackletter with features of more current types; the curves, serifs and thick/thin treatment of Romans, and the wide flattened curves of squared geometric types (popular in the late 1960s through the 1970s and now in revival).

Ulian’s squared glyphs make efficient use of space, resulting in a condensed font without the typically “compressed” look. The vertical stems are more or less uniform in weight, leaving the horizontally-aligned curves to emphasize stress. The italics feature a cursive treatment on diagonals, yet the straight stems of the normal font are retained.