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Jan™ Regular

- by Michael Parson
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Jan™ Std Regular
  Format: OpenType Std

Price: US$ 54.00
  
Character set features:
stdr isoadobe2 custom
176 characters
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Product is contained in:
Linotype OpenType Library 1.0 Bundle CD for Mac OS and Windows
The Linotype Originals OpenType Edition Version Two
TakeType™ 5 Value Pack
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Swiss designer Michael Parson creates experimental fonts. His palette ranges from techno to contemporary interpretations of foreign scripts. More about the fonts: Anlinear™ Anlinear is part of a series of constructed typographic experiments from Michael Parson. In the Anlinear family, which contains three separate weights, Parson has successfully created a fabulous display of alphabets out of the sole arrangement of lines at right angles to each other. The letters in this face virtually [...]
Michael Parson – Born 10.1.1979 in Geneva, Switzerland – Graphic Designer, Type Designer, Illustrator. 1998–2002 – Studies Graphic Design at the Ecole Cantonale D'art de Lausanne & Bellecour Genève. 2001 – Creates, as a student project, Type Garage as a support to his type experiments. Has now developed the project as a commercial endevor creating custom fonts for such clients as Dev TV, Morocco, Audioactivity. Has also been developing a series of designs for his type library. 2002 – [...]
Jan Regular combines an experimental, bold, mono-weight geometric sans serif with the Arabic writing system's means of joining letters. Adding in script-like letter connections, a feature that is found in both western cursive and Arabic type, as well as distinctly Arabic-like accents above and below certain letters, Michael Parsons has created a cross cultural typographic statement. Jan Regular is best used for headlines, and small strings of text, in sizes large enough to view and appreciate [...]

About Jan™ Regular ...

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Designer: Michael Parson, 2002
Jan™ Regular belongs to the Jan™ Font Family which is part of the TakeType Collection.
Jan Regular combines an experimental, bold, mono-weight geometric sans serif with the Arabic writing system's means of joining letters. Adding in script-like letter connections, a feature that is found in both western cursive and Arabic type, as well as distinctly Arabic-like accents above and below certain letters, Michael Parsons has created a cross cultural typographic statement. Jan Regular is best used for headlines, and small strings of text, in sizes large enough to view and appreciate the unique counter forms within the letters. This font is one of 10 creations from the young Swiss designer Michael Parson included in the Take Type 5 collection, from Linotype GmbH.
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