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Memphis (typeface)

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78: 27: 160:. Memphis itself has been released digitally by Linotype, who licensed it from Stempel, and by Bitstream in a release including condensed weights under the name "Geometric Slabserif 703". 114:) which had attracted considerable attention, and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. Its structure is strictly monoline, with a "single-storey" 'a' similar to 534: 327: 482: 137:
name, in reference to the fact that early slab serifs were often called "Egyptians" as an exoticism by nineteenth-century typefounders.
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Although, confusingly, the term was first used to refer to sans-serifs, and the earliest slab-serifs were often called "Antiques".
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and Stymie in the United States and Rosmini from Nebiolo in Italy, and (more loosely)
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period and several foundries brought out similar designs or direct imitations such as
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Memphis and other similar designs were popular in printing during the
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Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German
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The Nymph and the Grot: the revival of the sanserif letter
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from Monotype. Digital designs in a similar style include
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Index


Category
Slab serif
Designer(s)
Foundry
Stempel Type Foundry

slab-serif
typeface
Rudolf Wolf
Stempel Type Foundry
geometric sans-serifs
Futura
blackletter
handwriting
alternative
swashes
Egyptian
hot metal typesetting
Karnak
Rockwell
Neutraface Slab
Archer
"Font Designer: Dr. Robert Wolf"
"The revival of slab-serif typefaces in the 20th century"
the original
"Memphis"
this specimen
"Scrambled Eggs & Serifs"
Mosley, James

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