Monotype Sabon® Font Family

Monotype Sabon® Regular (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Regular SC (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Italic (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Semi Bold (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Semi Bold Italic (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Italic Expert OsF (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Semi Bold Expert OsF (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Semi Bold Italic Expert OsF (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Monotype Sabon® Complete Family Value Pack (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 140.00

Monotype Sabon® Sabon SmallCaps & OSF Value Pack (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 94.00

Monotype Sabon® Sabon Value Pack (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 176.00

Monotype Sabon® Value Pack (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 94.00

Jan Tschichold – born 2.4.1902 in Leipzig, Germany, died 11.8.1974 in Locarno, Switzerland – typographer, calligrapher, author, teacher. 1919–21: studies at the Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig. 1921–23: is one of Walter Tiemann’s master pupils and assistant to Hermann Delitsch. 1925: publication of Tschichold’s special issue of "Typographische Mitteilungen" magazine, entitled "elementare typographie". 1926–33: teaches typography and callygraphy at the [...]

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Sabon was designed by Jan Tschichold and released in 1967. Sabon was created in response to the specific needs of a group of German printers who wanted a typeface that would be identical in form when produced by three different metal-casting technologies. Named after Jacques Sabon, a sixteenth century typefounder whose widow married another typefounder, Konrad Berner, who is credited with issuing the first typefounder's specimen sheet. Several types on the sheet were attributed to Claude Garamond, and one of these served Tschichold as the source for Sabon roman. The italic was based on another face on Berner's sheet, cut by Robert Granjon. Tschichold's skillful adaptation of these old style faces has produced an elegant and workmanlike book face. The Sabon font family is a popular choice for setting text.