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Umbra (typeface)

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shadow. Several other typefaces were created in similar style around the same time, including shadowed weights of
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effect, in which the actual letter shape consists of negative space and is defined solely by its black
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company. It is an adaptation of the uppercase light weight of his earlier typeface
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Umbra (disambiguation)

Category
Designer(s)
R. Hunter Middleton
Foundry
Ludlow
Umbra sample text
sans-serif
typeface
R. Hunter Middleton
Ludlow Typograph
Tempo
shadow
dimensional
Gill Sans
SemplicitĂ 
Typographic Milestones
ISBN
978-0-471-28894-7
An A-Z of Type Designers
ISBN
0-300-11151-7
Devroye, Luc
"R. Hunter Middleton"
"Font of the day: Umbra"
Stub icon
typography
stub
expanding it

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