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COMPARISONS Meta is a Humanist, basic sans serif typeface that is perfect for everything. Sturdy, clean, cheery, and aesthetic, it is used in advertising, packaging, publishing, branding, and text on screen; the font family has over 60 variations of weights and styles, from Hairline to Black.
Both uppercase and lowercase characters of Meta are narrower than most other sans serif fonts.
Museo Sans
Meta
Futura
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Other typefaces
Gg Gg Gg Gg Curved right side
Tail
Flat right side
No tail
Helvetica
Museo Sans
Futura
Meta
Double story
BIBLIOGRAPHY Campbell Creative. “Type Tribute: FF Meta.” Campbell Creative. Campbell Creative, 30 Jan. 2015. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://campbellcreative.com/type-tribute-ff-meta/>. “Erik Spiekermann.” Designers & Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://www.designersand
Meta
Museo Sans
The ‘4’ is open.
books.com/designer/bio/erik-spiekermann>. Fonts.com. “FF Meta® Font Family.” Fonts.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://www.fonts. com/font/fontfont/ff-meta>.
The dot on the ‘?’ and ‘!’ is circular.
Helvetica
Meta
FontShop. “Erik Spiekermann.” FontShop. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <https://www.fontshop. com/designers/erik-spiekermann>. Hallmundur, Aegir. “Typographica.” Typographica RSS. N.p., 4 Mar. 2008. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/ff-meta-serif/>. Identifont.com. “Differences.” Differences. Identifont.com, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://www. identifont.com/differences?first=Geneva&second=FF%2BMeta&q=Go>. MyFonts. “Erik Spiekermann.” MyFonts: Creative Characters Interview with Erik Spiekermann. N.p., Dec. 2014. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <https://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201412.html>. MyFonts. “FF Meta.” Webfont & Desktop Font. MyFonts, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <https://www. myfonts.com/fonts/fontfont/ff-meta/>. Planet Typography. “FF Meta.” Planet Typography. N.p., Feb. 2006. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http:// www.planet-typography.com/news/typeface/meta.html>. Spiekermann, Erik. “Spiekerblog.” Biography. Erik Spiekermann, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http:// spiekermann.com/en/sample-page/>. Tarkiainen, Tuija. “Erik Spiekermann: FF Meta 1984-1991.” Typostitch 23. N.p., 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <https://typostitch.com/2013/03/19/623-erik-spiekermann-ff-meta-1984-1991/>. 2015. Endlich Mal Vom User Aus Gedacht. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://page-online.de/wp-content/
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uploads/2015/06/Spiekermann.jpg>. Typedia. “Typedia.” FF Meta. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <http://typedia.com/explore/type face/ff-meta/>. Typewolf. “FF Meta.” Typewolf. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016. <https://www.typewolf.com/site-ofthe-day/fonts/ff-meta>.
COLOPHON This book has been designed by Ji Lee for Typography I class at the Washington University in St. Louis — Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts in spring 2016. The book was created in InDesign CS6 and Photoshop CS6. The types are Futura, Helvetica, Museo Sans, and Meta. The printing is by _________ and the papers used are ____________.