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Description
Futura
Futura, inspired by the Bauhaus design
style is one of the most famous fonts in the world.
Futura designs impressive logos,
combined with simple, modern and elegant look and touch.
Futura is an effective typeface for
Sharp, Simplicity and Utopia.
Family Overview
Futura consists of 22 styles:
Futura regular,
Futura light,
Futura light oblique,
Futura book,
Futura book oblique,
Futura medium,
Futura medium oblique,
Futura heavy,
Futura heavy oblique,
Futura bold,
Futura bold oblique,
Futura extra bold,
Futura extra bold oblique,
Futura black,
Futura light condensed,
Futura light condensed oblique,
Futura medium condensed,
Futura medium condensed oblique,
Futura bold condensed,
Futura bold condensed oblique,
Futura extra bold condensed,
Futura extra bold condensed oblique
&
Futura display.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph#Typography
What is a glyph?
In typography,
a glyph is "the specific shape, design, or representation of a
character".
Various glyphs
representing the lower case letter "a"
Paragraphs
Design Features
Futura is derived entirely from geometric forms (near-perfect circles,
triangles and squares).
Futura looks like efficiency itself: clean, standardized, legible, and
stylish without any overt “style.”
Applications
Futura Typeface is on logos and advertising.
Designer’s Profile
Paul Renner Typography
Typeface Designer · German
Paul was a graphic artist, painter, type
designer, author, and teacher.
Paul attempted to fuse the Gothic and
the roman typefaces.
He wanted to use his aesthetic and
intellectual skills to help in shaping the new life in both its material and
spiritual forms.
Fonts: Futura® (1928), Plak® (1928),
Futura® Black (1929), Futura® licht (1932), Futura® Schlagzeile (1932), Ballade
(1937), Renner™ Antiqua (1939), Steile Futura ®(1954).
History
Futura was designed in 1927.
It was designed as a contribution on the
New Frankfurt-project.
Futura was commercially released in 1936.
Typeface in Use
Futura has become an extremely popular
typeface for countless corporate logos, commercial products, films and
advertisements.
