Charles Bigelow (born 1945 in Detroit) created the font families Lucida® Math (with Kris Holmes, 1993), Lucida® Sans (with Kris Holmes, 1985), Lucida® Typewriter Sans (with Kris Holmes, 1985) and Lucida® Serif (with Kris Holmes, 1993).
Lucida® is a family of fonts with one basic design, but offered in more variations than normally available for one font. It has both serif and sans serif characters, as well as weights designed specifically for a particular purpose. One weight will print out clearly even on fax machines, another offers the possibility to present a text with black letter characters. The different weights are extremely versatile and can generally be combined with one another. Lucida® is suitable for books/text,
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Font Designer: Kris Holmes and Charles Bigelow, 1985
Lucida® is a family of fonts with one basic design, but offered in more variations than normally available for one font. It has both serif and sans serif characters, as well as weights designed specifically for a particular purpose. One weight will print out clearly even on fax machines, another offers the possibility to present a text with black letter characters. The different weights are extremely versatile and can generally be
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Font Designer: Kris Holmes & Charles Bigelow, 1985
Lucida® is a family of fonts with one basic design, but offered in more variations than normally available for one font. It has both serif and sans serif characters, as well as weights designed specifically for a particular purpose. One weight will print out clearly even on fax machines, another offers the possibility to present a text with black letter characters. The different weights are extremely versatile and can generally be
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Das Grundkonzept der Univers von Frutiger, einer Schrift einen einheitlichen Bauplan zugrunde zu legen und somit eine als Ganzes konzipierte Schrift zur Verfügung zu haben, wurde später mit den entstehenden Schriftsippen, wie auch die Lucida eine ist, noch ausgebaut. Möglich wurde dies durch die elektronischen Schriftgestaltungsprogramme der letzten Jahre. Gravierender Vorteil dieser Entwicklung ist die gleich anmutende Laufweite aller Garnituren. Dies garantiert, daß die Schriften einer Familie problemlos gegeneinander ausgetauscht werden können.
Die Lucida ist so konzipiert auch unter ungünstigen technischen Bedingungen, wie es zum Beispiel beim Fax oder bei geringauflösenden Druckern der Fall ist, ein ansprechendes Schriftbild zu bewahren.
