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Beton (typeface)

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20: 60:) which had attracted considerable attention, and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. Its structure is therefore quite strictly monoline. However, its letter 'a' is the conventional 'double-storey' 'a' used in most printing, unlike some of its competitors which reduce the letter to a circular single-storey 'a'. 75:
from Monotype. Beton has the normal "double-storey" 'a' used in printing, making it unlike Memphis and Karnak. Contemporary designs in a similar style include
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Beton and other similar designs were popular in printing during the 1930s. Competitors included the contemporary
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in the United States and Rosmini from Nebiolo in Italy, and (a later and particularly similar design)
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from 1929 onwards, with most major styles released by 1931. "Beton" is German for
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Beton is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German
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slab-serif
typeface
Heinrich Jost
Bauer Type Foundry
concrete
geometric sans-serifs
Futura
Memphis
Karnak
Rockwell
Neutraface Slab
Archer
""Bauer Beton" type specimen catalog by The Bauer Type Foundry Inc"
"Beton"
"The revival of slab-serif typefaces in the 20th century"
the original
"Sentinel: historical background"
Schwartz, Christian
"Neutraface Slab"
"Neutraface Slab"
House Industries
"Archer"
"URW Beton"
MyFonts
"Linotype Beton"
MyFonts
Fonts in Use
Categories
Geometric slab-serif typefaces

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