German designer Ole Schäfer (born 1970) created the fonts ITC Officina Sans® and ITC Officina Serif® (1990/1998, with Erik Spiekermann).
Designer Erik Spiekermann created the following fonts: Berliner Grotesk® BQ (1913), Lo-Type® BQ (1914 ,this font has been adapted from the original for use in photosetting applications), ITC Officina Sans® (1990), ITC Officina Serif® (1990).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Erik Spiekermann.
Officina embodies the ideals of efficient office communication in both its serif and sans serif forms. Its style is that found on a traditional typewriter, altered to suit modern technological developments. Both serif and sans serif forms are designed and spaced to offer optimal legibility.
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Font Designer: Erik Spiekermann, 1990
Officina® embodies the ideals of efficient office communication in both its serif and sans serif forms. Its style is that found on a traditional typewriter, altered to suit modern technological developments. Both serif and sans serif forms are designed and spaced to offer optimal legibility.
Not your grandmother’ s medieval type ... meet the “American” Gothic fonts!
A breed of no-nonsense typefaces, called “Gothics” in the United States, have been serving as heavy hitters in financial services, business, and newspaper sectors since the late 19th Century. Gothic typefaces – not to be confused with Blackletter typefaces, which look “gothic” in a scary, medieval sort of way – are American sans serifs. Their forms are designed to solve
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