| 1st–4th century |
Roman Empire |
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| 12th–15th century |
Gothic |
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| 14th–16th century |
Renaissance, Humanism |
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| 1420 – 1480 |
Nicolas Jenson |
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| 1480 – 1533 |
Geoffroy Tory |
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| 1496 |
Bembo |
Francesco Griffo |
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| 1499 – 1561 |
Claude Garamond |
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| 17th century |
Baroque, Rococo |
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| 1666 – 1714 |
Philippe Grandjean |
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| 18th century |
Age of Enlightenment, Neoclassicism |
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| 1706 – 1775 |
John Baskerville |
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| 1725 |
Caslon |
William Caslon |
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| 1740 – 1813 |
Giambattista Bodoni |
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| 1745 |
Romain du Roi |
Philippe Grandjean & a comite by king Louis XIV |
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| 1754 |
Baskerville |
John Baskerville |
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| 1764 – 1836 |
Firmin Didot |
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| 1790 |
Bodoni |
Giambattista Bodoni |
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| 1799 |
Didot |
Firmin Didot |
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| 19th century |
Heimat-style, Historism, Realism, Romanticism |
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| 1800 |
Walbaum |
Justus Walbaum |
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| 1834 – 1896 |
William Morris |
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| 1845 |
Clarendon |
Benjamin Fox |
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| 1865 – 1902 |
Otto Eckmann |
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| 1868 – 1940 |
Peter Behrens |
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| 1872 – 1944 |
Edward Johnston |
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| 1876 – 1934 |
Rudolf Koch |
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| 1878 – 1956 |
Paul Renner |
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| 1880 – 1920 |
Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Jugendstil |
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| 1882 – 1940 |
Eric Gill |
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| 1883 – 1969 |
Walter Gropius |
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| 1890 |
De Vinne |
Gustav F. Schroeder |
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| 1890 |
Golden Type |
William Morris |
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| 1896 |
Akzidenz Grotesk |
unbekannt |
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| 1896 |
Cheltenham |
Bertram Goodhue, Ingalls Kimball, Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1899 |
Engravers |
Robert Wiebking |
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| 20th century |
Functionalism, Modernism |
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| 1900 |
Century Expanded |
Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1900 |
Eckmann |
Otto Eckmann |
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| 1900 – 1969 |
Beatrice Warde |
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| 1901 |
Behrensschrift |
Peter Behrens |
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| 1901 |
Copperplate Gothic |
Frederic W. Goudy |
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| 1902 – 1974 |
Jan Tschichold |
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| 1903 |
Franklin Gothic |
Moris Fuller Benton |
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| 1906 |
Century Old Style |
Moris Fuller Benton |
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| 1907 |
Behrens Antiqua |
Peter Behrens |
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| 1907 |
Clearface |
Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1908 |
News Gothic |
Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1908 – 1994 |
Max Bill |
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| 1909 |
Neue Moderne Grotesk |
Ludwig Wagner |
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| 1912 |
Belladonna |
Hildegard Henning |
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| 1913 |
Plantin |
Christophe Plantin |
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| 1914 |
Behrens Mediäval |
Peter Behrens |
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| 1914 |
Souvenir |
Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1914 – 1996 |
Paul Rand |
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| 1915 |
Centaur |
Bruce Rogers |
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| 1915 |
Goudy Old Style |
Frederic W. Goudy |
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| 1916 |
Colwell Handletter |
Elizabeth Colwell |
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| 1916 |
Johnston |
Edward Johnston |
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| 1919 – 1933 |
Bauhaus |
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| 1920 |
Ballé Initials |
Maria Ballé |
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| 1920 |
Cooper Black |
Oswald B. Cooper |
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| 1920 – 1995 |
Aldo Novarese |
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| 1922 |
Erbar |
Jakob Erbar |
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| 1922 – 1991 |
Otto ›Otl‹ Aicher |
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| 1924 |
Century Schoolbook |
Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1925 |
Muriel Cooper |
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| 1925 |
Universal |
Herbert Bayer |
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| 1926 |
DIN |
Ludwig Goller |
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| 1926 |
Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch |
Rudolf Koch |
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| 1927 |
Futura |
Paul Renner |
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| 1927 |
Kabel |
Rudolf Koch |
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| 1928 |
Kombinationsschrift |
Josef Albers |
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| 1928 |
Plak |
Paul Renner |
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| 1928 |
Willem Crouwel |
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| 1928 – 2015 |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1929 |
Metro |
William Addison Dwiggins |
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| 1929 |
Nobel |
Sjoerd de Roos |
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| 1930 |
Bank Gothic |
Morris Fuller Benton |
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| 1930 |
Gill Sans |
Eric Gill |
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| 1930 |
Joanna |
Eric Gill |
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| 1930 |
Marathon |
Rudolf Koch |
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| 1930 |
Perpetua |
Eric Gill |
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| 1930s |
Futurismus |
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| 1930s–1940s |
Nationalism |
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| 1931 |
Times New Roman |
Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent |
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| 1931 |
Transit |
Jan Tschichold |
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| 1931 – 2014 |
Massimo Vignelli |
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| 1934 |
Rockwell |
Frank Hinman Pierpont |
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| 1934 |
Tannenberg |
Erich Meyer |
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| 1935 |
Albertus |
Berthold Wolpe |
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| 1936 |
Garamond #3 |
Morris Fuller Benton, Claude Garamond |
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| 1937 |
Bernhard Modern |
Lucian Bernhard |
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| 1937 |
Elizabeth |
Elizabeth Friedländer |
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| 1937 |
Peignot |
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre |
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| 1938 |
Bell Gothic |
Chauncey H. Griffith |
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| 1938 |
Reporter |
Carlos Winkow |
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| 1940 |
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville |
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| 1941 |
Wolfgang Weingart |
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| 1942 |
Brush Script |
Robert E. Smith |
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| 1945 |
Katherine McCoy |
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| 1947 |
Erik Spiekermann |
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| 1948 |
April Greiman |
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| 1948 |
Paula Scher |
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| 1948 |
Trade Gothic |
Jackson Burke |
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| 1950 |
Palatino |
Hermann Zapf |
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| 1951 |
Banco |
Roger Excoffon |
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| 1951 |
Rhapsodie |
Ilse Schüle |
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| 1953 |
Mistral |
Roger Excoffon |
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| 1953 – 1968 |
Ulmer Schule |
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| 1954 |
Aldus |
Hermann Zapf |
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| 1954 |
Diotima |
Gudrun Zapf von Hesse |
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| 1954 |
Montan |
Anna Maria Schildbach |
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| 1954 |
Optima |
Hermann Zapf |
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| 1954 |
Susan Kare |
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| 1954 |
Univers |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1955 |
Choc |
Roger Excoffon |
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| 1955 |
Courier |
Howard ›Bud‹ Kettler, Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1955 |
Francois Rappo |
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| 1956 |
Letter Gothic |
Roger Roberson |
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| 1957 |
David Carson |
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| 1957 |
Helvetica |
Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann |
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| 1957 |
Jeff Keedy |
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| 1957 |
Neville Brody |
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| 1959 |
Carol Twombly |
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| 1960 |
Irma Boom |
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| 1960s–1970s |
Swiss Punk |
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| 1960s–1990s |
International Style |
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| 1961 |
Fred Smeijers |
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| 1961 |
Linda van Deursen |
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| 1961 |
Zuzana Ličko |
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| 1962 |
Antique Olive |
Roger Excoffon |
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| 1962 |
Barry Deck |
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| 1962 |
Eurostile |
Aldo Novarese |
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| 1963 |
Marian Bantjes |
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| 1964 |
Sabon |
Jan Tschichold |
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| 1965 |
Americana |
Richard Isbell |
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| 1965 |
Life |
W. Bilz, Francesco Simoncini |
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| 1965 |
OCR-A |
American Type Founders |
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| 1966 |
Akzidenz Grotesk |
Günter Gerhard Lange |
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| 1966 |
Forma |
Aldo Novarese |
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| 1966 |
Jonathan Barnbrook |
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| 1967 |
Erik van Blokland |
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| 1968 |
Avant Garde |
Herb Lubalin |
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| 1968 |
Digi-Grotesk S |
Rudolf Hell |
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| 1968 |
OCR-B |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1968 |
Syntax |
Hands Eduard Meier |
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| 1969 |
Andrea Tinnes |
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| 1969 |
Human Alphabet |
Anthon Beeke, Bernase Roman, Ronné Bonder, Tom Carnase |
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| 1970 |
Bolt |
Ronné Bonder, Tom Carnase |
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| 1970 |
Tobias Frere-Jones |
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| 1970s |
Punk |
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| 1970s–1990s |
Deconstructivism |
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| 1970s–1990s |
Postmodernism |
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| 1973 |
Ludovic Balland |
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| 1973 |
Peter Biľak |
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| 1974 |
American Typewriter |
Joel Kaden, Tony Stan |
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| 1974 |
Tiffany |
Edward Benguiat |
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| 1975 |
Marconi |
Hermann Zapf |
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| 1977 |
Frutiger |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1978 |
Bell Centennial |
Matthew Carter |
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| 1978 |
Frankfurter |
Alan Meeks |
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| 1978 |
Galliard |
Robert Granjon, Matthew Carter |
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| 1980 |
Caslon Graphique |
Leslie Usherwood |
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| 1980 |
Icone |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1980s–1990s |
Grunge |
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| 1981 |
Kris Sowersby |
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| 1982 |
Modern 216 |
Edward Benguiat |
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| 1982 |
Trinité |
Bram de Does |
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| 1983 |
AMS Euler |
Hermann Zapf, Donald Knuth |
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| 1983 |
Chicago |
Susan Kare |
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| 1984 |
Formata |
Bernd Möllenstädt |
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| 1985 |
Lucida |
Kris Holmes, Charles Bigelow |
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| 1986 |
Amerigo |
Gerard Unger |
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| 1986 |
Arcadia |
Neville Brody |
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| 1986 |
Hiroshige |
Cynthia Hollandsworth Batty |
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| 1986 |
Matrix |
Zuzana Ličko |
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| 1987 |
Charter |
Matthew Carter |
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| 1987 |
Remer |
Gerrit Noordzij |
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| 1987 |
Stone Family |
Sumner Stone |
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| 1987 |
Swift |
Gerard Unger |
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| 1988 |
Avenir |
Adrian Frutiger |
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| 1988 |
Proforma |
Petr van Blokland |
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| 1988 |
Rotis |
Otl Aicher |
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| 1988 |
Today Sans |
Volker Küster |
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| 1989 |
Corporate ASE |
Kurt Weidemann |
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| 1989 |
Trajan |
Carol Twombly |
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| 1989 |
Keedy Sans |
Jeffery Keedy |
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| 1990 |
Adobe Caslon |
Carol Twombly, William Caslon |
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| 1990 |
Beowulf |
Erik van Blokland, Just van Rossum |
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| 1990 |
Industria |
Neville Brody |
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| 1990 |
Minion |
Robert Slimbach |
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| 1990 |
Officina |
Erik Spiekermann |
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| 1990 |
Template Gothic |
Barry Deck |
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| 1991 |
Hands |
Erik van Blokland, Just van Rossum |
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| 1991 |
Meta |
Erik Spiekermann |
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| 1991 |
Scala |
Martin Majoor |
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| 1991 |
Trixie |
Erik van Blokland |
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| 1992 |
Blur |
Neville Brody |
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| 1992 |
Lexicon |
Bram de Does |
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| 1992 |
Myriad |
Carol Twombly, Robert Slimbach |
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| 1992 |
Quadraat |
Fred Smeijers |
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| 1992 |
Remedy |
Frank Heine |
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| 1993 |
Interstate |
Tobias Frere-Jones |
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| 1994 |
Autotrace |
Neville Brody |
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| 1994 |
Adobe Jenson |
Robert Slimbach |
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| 1994 |
Big Caslon |
Matthew Carter |
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| 1994 |
Comic Sans MS |
Vincent Connare |
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| 1994 |
Hoefler Text |
Jonathan Hoefler |
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| 1994 |
Thesis |
Lucas de Groot |
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| 1995 |
Base |
Zuzana Ličko |
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| 1995 |
Dax |
Hans Reichel |
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| 1995 |
House Gothic 23 |
Tal Leming, Allen Mercer |
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| 1996 |
Info |
Erik Spiekermann |
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| 1996 |
Mrs Eaves |
Zuzana Ličko |
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| 1997 |
Fleischmann |
Erhard Kaiser |
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| 1998 |
Arnhem |
Fred Smeijers |
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| 1998 |
Zapfino |
Hermann Zapf |
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| 1999 |
Clifford Eighteen |
Akira Kobayashi |
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| 2000 |
Gotham |
Tobias Frere-Jones |
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| 2000s–today |
Meta-Modernism |
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| 2001 |
Lucida Grande |
Kris Holmes, Charles Bigelow |
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| 2001 |
Warnock Pro Regular |
Robert Slimbach |
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| 2002 |
Fedra |
Peter Biľak |
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| 2002 |
Neutraface |
Christian Schwartz |
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| 2002 |
Prokyon |
Erhard Kaiser |
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| 2003 |
Amplitude |
Christian Schwarz |
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| 2004 |
Auto |
Jean-Baptiste Morizot |
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| 2004 |
Magma |
Sumner Stone |
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| 2008 |
Malabar |
Dan Reynolds |
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| 2009 |
Wremena |
Roman Gornitsky |
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| 2011 |
Genath |
Jean François Rappo |
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| 2011 |
Suisse |
Dennis Moya, Ludmila Bredikhina |
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| 2012 |
Stanley |
Ludovic Balland |
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| 2013 |
Bluu |
Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemäki |
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| 2013 |
Damien |
Lukas Schneider |
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| 2013 |
Leitura Two |
Dino dos Santos |
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| 2013 |
Ogg |
Greg Gazdowicz, Lucas Sharp |
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| 2013 |
Quixo |
Frank Grießhammer |
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| 2014 |
Burgess |
Anthony Burrill, Benjamin Critton |
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| 2014 |
TheAntiquaB |
Lucas de Groot |
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| 2014 |
Traulha |
Yoann Minet |
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| 2015 |
Eksell |
Göran Söderström, Olle Eksell |
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| 2015 |
Noe Text |
Florian Schick, Lauri Toikka |
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| 2016 |
Canela |
Miguel Reyes |
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| 2016 |
Charon |
Matthieu Visentin |
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| 2016 |
gc16 |
Mads Wildgaard |
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| 2016 |
Pensum |
Nils Thomsen |
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| 2016 |
Practice |
Jean François Rappo |
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| 2016 |
Rando |
Maurice Göldner |
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| 2016 |
Rosart |
Katharina Köhler |
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| 2017 |
Chariots of Fire |
Eino Korkala |
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| 2017 |
Ivar |
Göran Söderström |
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| 2017 |
Morion |
David Einwaller |
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| 2017 |
Nemesis |
Baptiste Bernazeau |
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| 2017 |
Reckless |
Martin Vácha |
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| 2017 |
Sanomat |
Paul Barnes |
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| 2017 |
Spectral |
Ilya Ruderman, Jean-Baptiste Levée, Yury Ostromentsky |
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| 2017 |
Tacite |
Pauline Le Pape |
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| 2018 |
Apoc |
Matthieu Salvaggio |
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