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Fairfield (typeface)

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Ruzicka on the typeface: β€œThe limitations accepted were those tending to the greatest economy of means, rather than those supposedly inherent in the machine. For this reason ligatures (which only add to the number of characters) were confined to the f combinations required by usage. The lowercase
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f’s, both roman and italic, fit not only all the characters, but even themselves – the twenty six leaden soldiers could fight their battles untied yet in accord.”
128:. The Adobe designer Alex Kaczun has redone and expanded upon the original Linotype face with bold and heavy weights plus small capitals and old style figures. 264: 254: 239: 249: 71: 108:. Released in 1940, its design is rooted in the forms of Venetian Old Face types. Fairfield Medium was released in 1947. 259: 44: 101: 233: 200: 174: 66: 224: 153: 56: 97: 34: 178: 26: 94: 91: 49: 105: 132:
is an open-source version from Barry Schwartz, including
77: 65: 55: 43: 33: 175:"Fairfield | Webfont & Desktop font | MyFonts" 154:"Rudolph Ruzicka -Linotype Font Designer Gallery" 8: 19: 136:designed specifically for digital screens. 120:Commercial versions are available as Adobe 25: 225:Fanwood Typeface - League of Movable Type 145: 245:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1940 18: 7: 14: 1: 265:Typefaces with text figures 281: 255:Photocomposition typefaces 240:Old style serif typefaces 24: 201:"Google Fonts - Fanwood" 250:Letterpress typefaces 181:. 14 September 2000 21: 260:Digital typefaces 85: 84: 272: 212: 211: 209: 207: 197: 191: 190: 188: 186: 171: 165: 164: 162: 160: 150: 126:Transitional 551 122:Fairfield LT Std 116:Digital versions 29: 22: 280: 279: 275: 274: 273: 271: 270: 269: 230: 229: 221: 216: 215: 205: 203: 199: 198: 194: 184: 182: 173: 172: 168: 158: 156: 152: 151: 147: 142: 118: 17: 12: 11: 5: 278: 276: 268: 267: 262: 257: 252: 247: 242: 232: 231: 228: 227: 220: 219:External links 217: 214: 213: 192: 166: 144: 143: 141: 138: 124:and Bitstream 117: 114: 102:Rudolf Ruzicka 83: 82: 79: 75: 74: 69: 63: 62: 61:Rudolf Ruzicka 59: 53: 52: 47: 45:Classification 41: 40: 37: 31: 30: 16:Serif typeface 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 277: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 237: 235: 226: 223: 222: 218: 202: 196: 193: 180: 176: 170: 167: 155: 149: 146: 139: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 115: 113: 109: 107: 103: 99: 96: 93: 89: 80: 76: 73: 70: 68: 64: 60: 58: 54: 51: 48: 46: 42: 38: 36: 32: 28: 23: 206:11 September 204:. Retrieved 195: 183:. Retrieved 169: 159:11 September 157:. Retrieved 148: 134:Fanwood Text 133: 129: 125: 121: 119: 110: 100:designed by 87: 86: 78:Date created 57:Designer(s) 234:Categories 140:References 104:as a text 92:old-style 88:Fairfield 50:Old-style 20:Fairfield 98:typeface 72:Linotype 35:Category 185:18 June 179:MyFonts 130:Fanwood 67:Foundry 90:is an 95:serif 39:Serif 208:2014 187:2022 161:2014 106:font 81:1940 236:: 177:. 210:. 189:. 163:.

Index


Category
Classification
Old-style
Designer(s)
Foundry
Linotype
old-style
serif
typeface
Rudolf Ruzicka
font
"Rudolph Ruzicka -Linotype Font Designer Gallery"
"Fairfield | Webfont & Desktop font | MyFonts"
MyFonts
"Google Fonts - Fanwood"
Fanwood Typeface - League of Movable Type
Categories
Old style serif typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1940
Letterpress typefaces
Photocomposition typefaces
Digital typefaces
Typefaces with text figures

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