Font family

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The term font family (also mixed or hybrid font family , or writing system ) referred to in the typography a special kind of font families whose different typefaces in several categories of font classification are represented.

The basic forms within the clan are identical, but the letters differ in the class-specific characteristics, which enables, for example, very similar grotesque and antiqua styles. In addition to the grotesque and antiqua styles , some clans contain special semisans , semiserif or mixed styles . One of the first typefaces in 1932 was Jan van Krimpen's Romulus, which juxtaposed an antiqua with a grotesque.

Well-known font families

  • Computer Modern , by Donald E. Knuth , with the families cmr (Antiqua), cmss (Grotesk) and cmtt ( typewriter )
  • Corporate ASE , by Kurt Weidemann , with the Antiqua, Sans and Egyptienne families
  • FF Meta , by Erik Spiekermann , with the families FF Meta (Sans), FF Meta Serif and FF Meta Headline
  • FF Nexus , by Martin Majoor , with the families FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Mix and FF Nexus Typewriter
  • FF Quadraat , by Fred Smeijers, with the families FF Quadraat (Serif), FF Quadraat Sans, FF Quadraat Display and FF Quadraat Headliner
  • FF Scala , by Martin Majoor , with the families FF Scala (Serif) and FF Scala Sans
  • Generis , by Erik Faulhaber , with the Generis Sans, Generis Serif, Generis Simple and Generis Slab families
  • ITC Humana , by Timothy Donaldso, with the ITC Humana Sans, ITC Humana Serif and ITC Humana Script families
  • ITC Officina , by Erik Spiekermann and Just van Rossum , with the families ITC Officina Sans, ITC Officina Serif and ITC Officina Display
  • Liberation , by Steve Matteson with the Liberation Sans, Liberation Serif, and Liberation Mono families
  • Linotype Authentic , by Karin Huschka, with the families Linotype Authentic Sans, Linotype Authentic Serif, Linotype Authentic Small Serif and Linotype Authentic Stencil
  • Linotype Compatil , by Olaf Leu, with the families Compatil Text, Compatil Fact, Compatil Letter and Compatil Exquisit
  • Lucida , by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, with the families Lucida Sans, Lucida Serif, Lucida Typewriter Sans, Lucida Typewriter Serif, and Lucida Math
  • Penumbra , by Lance Hidy, with the Penumbra Sans, Penumbra Serif, Penumbra Half Serif and Penumbra Flare families
  • Romulus , by Jan van Krimpen, with the Romulus (Serif) and Romulus Sans families
  • rotis , by Otl Aicher , with the families rotis serif, rotis semi-serif, rotis semi-sans and rotis sans
  • Sassoon , by Rosemary Sassoon and Adrian William, with the Sassoon Sans, Sassoon Book, Sassoon Primary, Sassoon Infant, and Sassoon Sans Slope families
  • Schuss , by Jochen Schuß, with the families Schuss Sans, Schuss Slab, Schuss News and Schuss Serif
  • Stone , by Sumner Stone, with the Stone Serif, Stone Sans, and Stone Informal families
  • Syntax , by Hans Eduard Meier , with the families Linotype Syntax, Linotype Syntax Serif, Linotype Syntax Letter and Linotype Syntax Lapidar
  • Thesis , by Lucas de Groot , with the families TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix and TheAntiqua

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joep Pohlen: Letter fountain. About letters. 4th edition, 2nd German version. Taschen, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8365-2510-7 .