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designed in 1927 by Paul Renner
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Page 3 - 4: History of FUTURA
Page 5 - 6: Geomtric Designs
Page 7 - 8: Anatomy of Futura
Futura Medium: 19, 27, 28, 74, 85
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MEDIUM
Futura Medium: 13, 14, 213, 643
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FUTURA MEDIUM German type designer Paul Renner first started creating Futura in 1924. He was inspired by the Bauhaus design style, and his initial design (Architype Renner) combined geometric character alternatives and old style-figures. In 1927, commissioned by the Bauer type foundry, Futura was commercially released in light, regular, and bold weights. Originally, Futura was intended to be used for body text for books, but in the 1950ʼs and 1960ʼs it was commonly used in headlines and subheads in advertising.
FUTURA CONDENSED EXTRA BOLD In 1930, the Futura typeface family grew to include semi-bold, bold condensed, light oblique and regular oblique weights, with a book weight added in 1932. Other designers have since added to the Futura family, which now includes over 20 faces.
FUTURA Std. BOLD
Futura has an appearance of efficiency and forwardness. The typeface is derived from simple geometric forms and is based on strokes of near-even weight, which are low in contrast. In designing Futura, Renner avoided the decorative, eliminating nonessential elements. The lowercase has tall ascenders, which rise above the cap line. The uppercase characters present proportions similar to those of classical Roman capitals.
A FUTURA 5
Futura Medium: 253, 594
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Futura low crossbar crossbars have extended width
circular coutnerspace
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Futura Medium: Size 19, 24, 26, 162, 224
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rises above ascender line
pointed apex
cut-off terminal
extends to baseline
monoweight strokes
Medium