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Playbill font family
Designed by Robert Harling in 1938
Up to 1 Family
Supports at least 56 languages (Com / OT TTF)
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Supports up to 69 languages.
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Supports up to 10 OpenType features.
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Playbill font was designed by Robert Harling in 1938 and the font first appeared with the foundry Stephenson Blake.
The figures are based on those of the so-called woodtypes, a style made popular through use on wanted posters in westerns. Adrian Frutiger's Westside is a similar font.
Playbill is as rough and ready as the Wild West of which it is reminiscent and its robust figures are a particularly good choice for headlines. Its style is that of the Italienne typefaces due to serifs which are thicker than the strokes.
