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Slab serif

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In typography, a slab serif (also called mechanistic, square serif, antique or Egyptian) typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. [1]

43 relations: Adrian Frutiger, Archer (typeface), Beton (typeface), City (typeface), Clarendon (typeface), Courier (typeface), Description de l'Égypte, Didone (typography), Egyptienne (typeface), FF Meta, Futura (typeface), Guardian Egyptian, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Helvetica, James Mosley, Joanna (typeface), Jonathan Hoefler, Karnak (typeface), Legibility Group, Memphis (typeface), Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Monospaced font, Napoleon, Neutraface, Newsprint, Prestige Elite, Reverse-contrast typefaces, Robert Harling (typographer), Roboto, Rockwell (typeface), Sans-serif, Serif, Serifa, Thesis (typeface), Thomas Curson Hansard, Tobias Frere-Jones, Tower (typeface), Typeface, Typewriter, Typography, University of Texas at Austin, Victoriana, Vincent Figgins.

Adrian Frutiger

Adrian Frutiger (pronounced) (24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century.

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Archer (typeface)

Archer is a slab serif typeface designed in 2001 by Tobias Frere-Jones and Jonathan Hoefler for use in Martha Stewart Living magazine.

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Beton (typeface)

Beton is a slab-serif typeface designed by Heinrich Jost and released originally by the Bauer Type Foundry from 1929 onwards, with most major styles released by 1931.

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City (typeface)

City is a slab serif typeface designed by Georg Trump and released around 1930 by the Berthold type foundry in Berlin, Germany.

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Clarendon (typeface)

Clarendon is the name of a slab-serif typeface that was released in 1845 by Thorowgood and Co.

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Courier (typeface)

Courier is a monospaced slab serif typeface designed to resemble the output from a strike-on typewriter.

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Description de l'Égypte

The Description de l'Égypte (Description of Egypt) was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which aimed to comprehensively catalog all known aspects of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history.

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Didone (typography)

Didone is a genre of serif typeface that emerged in the late 18th century and was the standard style of general-purpose printing during the nineteenth.

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Egyptienne (typeface)

Égyptienne is a French serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, where the serifs are unbracketed and similar in weight to the horizontal strokes of the letters.

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FF Meta

FF Meta is a humanist sans-serif typeface family designed by Erik Spiekermann and released in 1991 through his FontFont library.

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Futura (typeface)

Futura is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Paul Renner and released in 1927.

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Guardian Egyptian

Guardian Egyptian is a slab-serif typeface commissioned by Mark Porter for the UK newspaper The Guardian and designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz between 2004 and 2005.

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Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum

The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum was founded in 2000 and is located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States.

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Helvetica

Helvetica or Neue Haas Grotesk is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with input from Eduard Hoffmann.

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James Mosley

James Mosley (born 1935) is a retired librarian and historian whose work has specialised in the history of printing and letter design.

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Joanna (typeface)

Joanna is a serif typeface designed by Eric Gill (1882–1940) in the period 1930–31, and named for one of his daughters.

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Jonathan Hoefler

Jonathan Hoefler (born August 22, 1970) is an American typeface designer.

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Karnak (typeface)

Karnak is a slab-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph company.

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Legibility Group

The Legibility Group is a series of serif typefaces created by the American Mergenthaler Linotype Company and intended for use in newspapers on Linotype's hot metal typesetting system.

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Memphis (typeface)

Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Dr.

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Mergenthaler Linotype Company

The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine, a system to cast metal type in lines (linecaster) invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler.

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Monospaced font

A monospaced font, also called a fixed-pitch, fixed-width, or non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizontal space.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Neutraface

Neutraface is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Christian Schwartz for House Industries, an American digital type foundry.

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Newsprint

Newsprint is a low-cost non-archival paper consisting mainly of wood pulp and most commonly used to print newspapers and other publications and advertising material.

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Prestige Elite

Prestige Elite, also known simply as Prestige or Elite, is a monospaced typeface.

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Reverse-contrast typefaces

A reverse-contrast letterform is a typeface or custom lettering in which the stress is reversed from the norm: instead of the vertical lines being the same width or thicker than horizontals, which is normal in Latin-alphabet writing and especially printing, the horizontal lines are the thickest.

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Robert Harling (typographer)

Robert Henry Harling (London 27 March 1910 – 1 July 2008 Godstone, Surrey) was a British typographer, designer, journalist and novelist who lived to the age of 98.

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Roboto

Roboto is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface family developed by Google as the system font for its mobile operating system Android.

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Rockwell (typeface)

Rockwell is a slab serif typeface designed by the Monotype Corporation and released in 1934.

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Sans-serif

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.

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Serif

In typography, a serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.

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Serifa

Serifa is a slab serif typeface family created by Adrian Frutiger in 1967.

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Thesis (typeface)

Thesis is a large typeface family designed by Lucas de Groot.

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Thomas Curson Hansard

Thomas Curson Hansard (6 November 1776 – 5 May 1833) was an English pressman, son of the printer Luke Hansard.

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Tobias Frere-Jones

Tobias Frere-Jones (born Tobias Edgar Mallory Jones; August 28, 1970) is an American type designer who works in New York City.

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Tower (typeface)

Tower was a slab serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders, and based upon his earlier design for Stymie, but with straight sides to the round letters emphasizing the vertical appearance.

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Typeface

In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.

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Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type.

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Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

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Victoriana

Victoriana are items or material from the Victorian period (1837-1901), especially those particularly evocative of the design style and outlook of the time.

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Vincent Figgins

Vincent Figgins (1766-1844), of Peckham, England, was a British type-founder.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_serif

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