Quartal is a family of stylish sans serif typefaces of condensed proportions. The family consists of 5 regular weights, 4 condensed ones and 13 extended styles (7 upright and 6 italic). It was originally planned to release only 4 condensed weights for headlines and advertizing texts, but later 5 styles of wider proportions were added. As a result the area of applications became much wider due to the font’s capacity to be used for smaller point sizes. The name Quartal, which means city quarter here, according to the author's associations, emphasizes the advertizing nature of urban environment. The font’s character set covers the alphabets of Western Europe and basic Cyrillic languages. Furthermore, it includes a range of alternatives, especially in Cyrillic part. Quartal was designed by Oleg Karpinsky and released by ParaType in 2010. 13 new styles of extended proportions were added to the Quartal family In 2011. 7 new weights and 6 corresponding italics make Quartal useful for setting of longer texts in display ads, and for magazines as well.