Impactful and vibrant, the Cordelia family draws inspiration from covers of ‘​​cordel literature’, small booklets of popular story-poems that played an essential role in the folk-popular cultural life of Brazil. Printed on coarse paper, usually with a woodcut illustration and lettering in the front, these booklets were sold on the streets, in marketplaces and town squares, and hung on a cord — therefore, the name ‘cordel’. The work of these humble printers and poet-singers of northeastern Brazil strongly served as source material for acclaimed romances and movies and still inspires writers of all genres, movie makers, painters​,​ and musicians. And type designers, too. It’s worth noting Cordelia goes pretty well with Chronic and Manicuore illustrations. It definitely goes well. You bet!