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Karnak (typeface)

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20: 525: 56:) which had attracted considerable attention in the United States and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. It copies the German geometric slab-serif 530: 293: 145: 406: 175: 114:
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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is another well-known modern geometric slab serif in this style with a less strictly geometric design.
299: 38: 64:, around the same time. It and other similar designs were popular in American printing during the 371: 320: 91: 57: 402: 171: 165: 141: 135: 95: 53: 426: 350: 254: 61: 42: 83: 422: 504: 514: 447: 324: 470: 289: 375: 191: 494: 346: 228: 87: 49: 31: 195: 34: 82:
Karnak was an influence on the design of the popular 2009 slab serif
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Karnak 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
222:"The revival of slab-serif typefaces in the 20th century" 279:, London: Friends of the St Bride Printing Library, 1999 227:. University of Reading (MA thesis). Archived from 159: 157: 8: 45:company and issued in the period 1931–1942. 140:. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 117–120. 526:Typefaces designed by R. Hunter Middleton 86:. It is an adaptation of the sans-serif 126: 107: 71:Like Memphis, Karnak's name, after the 170:. Yale University Press. p. 135. 7: 94:, influenced by Middleton's Tempo. 14: 448:"Sentinel: historical background" 295:The Nymph and the Grot, an update 134:Allan Haley (15 September 1992). 531:Geometric slab-serif typefaces 1: 399:Dot-font: Talking About Fonts 255:"Scrambled Eggs & Serifs" 471:"Know your type: Clarendon" 450:. Hoefler & Frere-Jones 378:. www.christianschwartz.com 327:. www.christianschwartz.com 23:Karnak Medium in metal type 547: 167:An A-Z of Type Designers 505:Sample image of Memphis 397:Berry, John D. (2006). 200:Type Design Information 164:Neil Macmillan (2006). 137:Typographic Milestones 24: 521:Letterpress typefaces 253:Frere-Jones, Tobias. 196:"R. Hunter Middleton" 73:Karnak Temple Complex 66:hot metal typesetting 50:geometric sans-serifs 22: 500:Ludlow specimen book 423:"The Neutra Legacy" 372:Schwartz, Christian 321:Schwartz, Christian 292:(January 6, 2007), 39:R. Hunter Middleton 16:Slab serif typeface 469:Challand, Skylar. 257:. Frere-Jones Type 234:on 13 October 2015 92:Christian Schwartz 25: 347:"Neutraface Slab" 325:"Neutraface Slab" 147:978-0-471-28894-7 538: 483: 482: 480: 478: 466: 460: 459: 457: 455: 444: 438: 437: 435: 433: 427:House Industries 419: 413: 412: 394: 388: 387: 385: 383: 368: 362: 361: 359: 357: 351:House Industries 343: 337: 336: 334: 332: 317: 311: 310: 309: 307: 302:on June 10, 2014 298:, archived from 286: 280: 273: 267: 266: 264: 262: 250: 244: 243: 241: 239: 233: 226: 217: 211: 210: 208: 206: 188: 182: 181: 161: 152: 151: 131: 115: 112: 43:Ludlow Typograph 546: 545: 541: 540: 539: 537: 536: 535: 511: 510: 491: 486: 476: 474: 468: 467: 463: 453: 451: 446: 445: 441: 431: 429: 421: 420: 416: 409: 396: 395: 391: 381: 379: 370: 369: 365: 355: 353: 345: 344: 340: 330: 328: 319: 318: 314: 305: 303: 288: 287: 283: 274: 270: 260: 258: 252: 251: 247: 237: 235: 231: 224: 219: 218: 214: 204: 202: 190: 189: 185: 178: 163: 162: 155: 148: 133: 132: 128: 124: 119: 118: 113: 109: 104: 84:Neutraface Slab 52:(in particular 17: 12: 11: 5: 544: 542: 534: 533: 528: 523: 513: 512: 509: 508: 507:for comparison 502: 497: 490: 489:External links 487: 485: 484: 461: 439: 414: 407: 389: 363: 338: 312: 281: 275:James Mosley, 268: 245: 212: 183: 176: 153: 146: 125: 123: 120: 117: 116: 106: 105: 103: 100: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 543: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 518: 516: 506: 503: 501: 498: 496: 493: 492: 488: 472: 465: 462: 449: 443: 440: 428: 424: 418: 415: 410: 408:0-9772827-0-8 404: 400: 393: 390: 377: 373: 367: 364: 352: 348: 342: 339: 326: 322: 316: 313: 301: 297: 296: 291: 290:Mosley, James 285: 282: 278: 272: 269: 256: 249: 246: 230: 223: 216: 213: 201: 197: 193: 187: 184: 179: 177:0-300-11151-7 173: 169: 168: 160: 158: 154: 149: 143: 139: 138: 130: 127: 121: 111: 108: 101: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 80: 78: 74: 69: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 46: 44: 40: 36: 33: 29: 21: 495:Fonts in Use 475:. Retrieved 464: 452:. Retrieved 442: 430:. Retrieved 417: 398: 392: 380:. Retrieved 376:"Neutraface" 366: 354:. Retrieved 341: 329:. Retrieved 315: 304:, retrieved 300:the original 294: 284: 276: 271: 259:. Retrieved 248: 236:. Retrieved 229:the original 220:Tam, Keith. 215: 203:. Retrieved 199: 192:Devroye, Luc 186: 166: 136: 129: 110: 90:designed by 81: 70: 47: 37:designed by 27: 26: 515:Categories 432:October 2, 382:October 2, 356:October 2, 331:October 2, 261:23 October 122:References 88:Neutraface 32:slab-serif 477:13 August 205:4 October 306:June 10, 68:period. 41:for the 35:typeface 473:. IDSGN 454:15 July 238:3 March 58:Memphis 405:  174:  144:  96:Archer 54:Futura 28:Karnak 232:(PDF) 225:(PDF) 102:Notes 77:Egypt 62:Tempo 30:is a 479:2015 456:2015 434:2011 403:ISBN 384:2011 358:2011 333:2011 308:2014 263:2015 240:2016 207:2016 172:ISBN 142:ISBN 75:in 517:: 425:. 374:. 349:. 323:. 198:. 194:. 156:^ 481:. 458:. 436:. 411:. 386:. 360:. 335:. 265:. 242:. 209:. 180:. 150:.

Index


slab-serif
typeface
R. Hunter Middleton
Ludlow Typograph
geometric sans-serifs
Futura
Memphis
Tempo
hot metal typesetting
Karnak Temple Complex
Egypt
Neutraface Slab
Neutraface
Christian Schwartz
Archer
Typographic Milestones
ISBN
978-0-471-28894-7


An A-Z of Type Designers
ISBN
0-300-11151-7
Devroye, Luc
"R. Hunter Middleton"
"The revival of slab-serif typefaces in the 20th century"
the original
"Scrambled Eggs & Serifs"
Mosley, James

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