Futura Type Specimen Book
Futura’s design is based entirely on simple geometric forms — triangles, squares and near-circles. The stroke weight is almost even throughout, except for on letters like the lowercase a. Futura is distinctive for its long ascenders and almost classical Roman capitals — these elements give it its stylish elegance and differentiate it from other geometric san-serifs. Futura can be used as a display and paragraph font and is seen in many notable and historic projects.
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HISTORY
Geometric san-serifs are in vogue this year in web and logo design, so it makes sense to talk about the one that started it all, Futura. Futura is a versatile, high-quality font that is almost as popular as Helvetica. If your goal is to create a design with modern, clean elegance — you can choose Futura with confidence as your typeface of choice. Futura was designed by Paul Renner in 1927 and was created as a contribution to the New Frankfurt project. The design is based on the simple geometries that became representative of the Bauhaus style. Renner was not part of Bauhaus but he shared their beliefs regarding fonts as expressions of modernity. Renner rejected the font styles of the past, the grotesques, their narrowness and lack of a consistent system to their weights and shape forms. The design of Futura helped usher in a new Modern age and was emblematic of the era.
Futura Std LIght Condensed Futura Std Heavy Futura Std LIght Condensed Oblique Futura Std Heavy Oblique Futura Std Medium Condensed Futura Std Bold Futura Std Medium Condensed Oblique Futura Std Bold Oblique Futura Std Bold Condensed Futura Std Extra Bold Futura Std Bold Condensed Olique Futura Std Extra Bold Oblique Futura Std Light Futura Std Book Futura Std Ligh Olique Futura Std Book Olique Futura Std Medium
Ascender
Capline
Mean Line
Cap Hieght
[Astronomy[ Lowercase Character
x-height
Uppercase Character
Counter
Baseline
Descender Line
Descender
Symmetrical Shapes
W MW W seems to be a turned up M, but is wider.
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W
All letters have same stroke width/weight
sharp apex
BDEFHIKLNPRT Every steam is a rectangle or a stright line
A shape based on triangle
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