Excelsiorâ„¢

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Excelsiorâ„¢   Linotype Font Family — 4 styles
Excelsior®   Adobe Font Family — 3 styles — from $29.00
News 702   Bitstream Font Family — 7 styles — from $74.25
News 702   Tilde Font Family — 4 styles — from $99.75
Excelsior   Monotype Imaging Font Family — 6 styles

Excelsior

Six years after the introduction of Ionic No.5, Griffith removed any remaining awkwardness to produce at Linotype Excelsior, which many believe to be the best newspaper text face of all time. It has retained its popularity in Europe, where newspaper columns are wide. Opticon and Paragon are slightly heavier and slightly lighter versions designed for newspapers that deliberately underink to favor halftones, or overink to favor text and headlines.

Excelsior

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Before designing this font, C.H. Griffith consulted the results of a survey of optometrists regarding optimal legibility. Excelsior was then presented by Mergenthaler Linotype in 1931 and remains one of the most legible and popular fonts worldwide.

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