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The repetition of simple geometric shapes forms a daily part of our environment. Throughout the 20th century – and into the 21st – typefaces whose designs have taken advantage of this have remained popular. But finding exactly the right mood can be tricky. For your convenience, we have grouped some of our favorite geometric typefaces (mostly sans serif and symbol) into four categories: circles, squares, ovals, and triangles.
American typographer Sol Hess (born 1886, died 30. 1. 1953) created the fonts Twentieth Century™, Twentieth Century™ Classified and Twentieth Century™ Poster.
These font families are part of the Monotype Library OpenType Edition.
Other families by this designer ...
About Twentieth Century™ Font Family ...
Designer: Sol Hess, 1959
The Twentieth Century™ Font Family is part of the Monotype Originals.
Twentieth Century was designed and drawn by Sol Hess in the Lanston Monotype drawing office between 1936 and 1947. The first weights were added to the Monotype typeface library in 1959. Twentieth Century is based on geometric shapes which originated in Germany in the early 1920's and became an integral part of the Bauhaus movement of that time. Form and function became the key words, unnecessary decoration was scorned. This clean cut, sans serif with geometric shapes was most appropriate. The lighter weights of the Twentieth Century font family can be used for text setting; the Twentieth Century bold and condensed fonts are suitable for display in headlines and advertising. Commonly spelled 20th Century.
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