In Honor of the 100th birthday of Jan Tschichold
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Sabon was the result of many years of preparation. Its model was the 1952 Garamond interpretation which Jacob Sabon and Conrad Berner produced in Frankfurt and which so impressed the young Tschichold. It was the first typeface that was produced with undifferentiated forms for the linotype, monotype and hand setting.
Sabon was Tschichold’s most important typeface creation. There were originally three weights: normal, italic and semibold. Linotype expanded the Sabon family in 1984 by adding a cursive semibold weight.
Sabon was the result of many years of preparation. Its model was the 1952 Garamond interpretation which Jacob Sabon and Conrad Berner produced in Frankfurt and which so impressed the young Tschichold. It was the first typeface that was produced with undifferentiated forms for the linotype, monotype and hand setting.
Sabon was Tschichold’s most important typeface creation. There were originally three weights: normal, italic and semibold. Linotype expanded the Sabon family in 1984 by adding a cursive semibold weight.
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