Poplar

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Poplar is an Adobe Originals typeface designed by Barbara Lind in 1990 for the Adobe Wood Type series. Poplar, a Gothic condensed, was designed from photographs taken by Rob Roy…

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Ponderosa font

Ponderosa

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Ponderosa font is a joint work of the typeface designers K.B. Chansler, C. Crossgrove and C. Twombly, who also created Rosewood, Zebrawood and Pepperwood together. As the name suggests, it…

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Poetica font

Poetica

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Poetica font was designed by Robert Slimbach in 1992 with particularly generous characters. The typeface family consists of 21 weights to allow for an unusual variety of design possibilities within…

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Cascade font

Cascade

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Released by Linotype in 1965, this design by Matthew Carter is based on an earlier type by the Ludlow foundry. Cascade Script is a dark, disconnected script with angular forms.…

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Carta font

Carta

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Carta is a map font designed at Adobe by Lynne Garell in 1986. Carta's development began with the study of a variety of maps from sources such as the U.S.…

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New Caledonia font

New Caledonia

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William A. Dwiggins designed Caledonia for Linotype in 1939. Initially, he had intended to blend the elements of Scotch Roman and Bulmer typefaces, but ended up with a design that…

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Serlio font

Serlio

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Linotype's Serlio looks like a text face, but it is a display type with small capitals in place of lowercase letters. It has a narrow width and fine, delicate serifs…

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Bundesbahn Pi font

Bundesbahn Pi

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“Bundesbahn” translates roughly to “national railway.” The characters in this pi font are used by the German national rail system. An assortment of travel and train symbols, Bundesbahn Pi could…

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Old Style 7 font

Old Style 7

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The name Old Style No. 7 comes from a time when foundries released a variety of typefaces under one name. Linotype produced Old Style No. 7, which was based on…

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Border Pi font

Border Pi

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This typeface consists of individual pieces that can be combined to make a wide variety of borders. For each border design, the pieces generally include four corners, a vertical section,…

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