Palatino Sans

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Palatino Sans was designed as part of a group of three font families: Palatino nova, Palatino Sans, and Palatino Sans Informal. Together these three families act as the fulfilment of…

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Palatino Sans Informal font Peignot font

Peignot

A.M. Cassandre’s original and trend setting stressed sanserif which mixes capital and lowercase forms. Designed in 1937 with Charles Peignot for Deberny & Peignot, this face has almost become a…

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Pierrot font

Pierrot

Günter Jäntsch designed Pierrot in 1973. Its irregular flowing letterforms express the design from this time, where many personal irregular designs had been made. Pierrot is suitable for invitation cards,…

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Pilgrim font Pirouette font

Pirouette

Pirouette is based on a logo that Japanese designer Ryuichi Tateno created for a packaging design project in 1999 (a shampoo container!). Tateno's logo experimented with complex, overlapped swash letterforms.…

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Pompeijana font

Pompeijana

Pompeijana is part of Linotype’s Type Before Gutenberg series. Adrian Frutiger designed Pompeijana in 1992 modeling it on the “scriptura actuari” (scriptura=writing; actuari=fast) used by the Romans for handwriting and…

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Potpourri font

Potpourri

Potpourri was based on an energetic alphabet written by expert calligrapher Gottfried Pott. To create the elegant yet rugged strokes, Pott cut a pen with a unique fringed tip —…

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Praxis Next font

Praxis Next

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Praxis® Next has the same robust shapes and proportions as the original 1976 Praxis design. Its large x-height, substantial counters and open apertures guarantee high levels of legibility and reading…

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Present font

Present

Present Script was designed by Friedrich Karl Sallwey, and jointly issued by the Stempel and Linotype foundries in 1974. A light brush script with open counters, Present Script has many…

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