Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 2 Download Now Server 3 Plateau Five is a display typeface with an appearance mostly based on forms of the transitional period between Baroque and Neo-Classicism and has an underlying rigid structure. Its capital letters are heavy, the serifs prominent and the generally expressive tone that comes with italics is muted. Plateau Five is based on the principle of even distribution, rooted in the social ideas that emerged with modernity during the 1920s in the western world. Applied to the typeface at hand this means that most letter widths of the Latin characters are optically equal. Although patterning, i. e. defining grids for letters, might have been around since textura type to provide a less laborious production process of letter punches, the aspect of construction was well documented in the 18th century with the commission of a typeface by French royalty and rose to prominence between the two world wars with ideas by a. o. Theo Van Does