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Serifa

Serifa®

by Bitstream
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Complete family of 9 fonts: $218.99
Serifa Font Family was designed by Adrian Frutiger and published by Bitstream. Serifa contains 9 styles and family package options.

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About Serifa Font Family


Developed by Adrian Frutiger for Bauer in 1966, Serifa is a slabserif based on the principles that led to the success of Frutiger’s 1956 sanserif, Univers. Glypha, designed by Frutiger for Stempel in 1979, is a version of Serifa with a moderately larger x-height; Stempel has paid royalties on Glypha to Neufville since 1984.

Serifa® font field guide including best practices, font pairings and alternatives.

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Designers: Adrian Frutiger

Publisher: Bitstream

Foundry: Bitstream

Original Foundry: Bauersche Giesserei

Design Owner: Bitstream

MyFonts debut: Jan 1, 2000

Serifa® is a registered Trademark of Bauer Types.

About Bitstream

Bitstream is known among type enthusiasts and professionals alike as being one of the companies that lead the way towards the democratization of type. For centuries, the type world had been the exclusive domain of skilled typographers who worked large, cumbersome presses. With the birth of digital type though, came a revolution in the industry that enabled Bitstream, one of the first digital type foundries, to help grow the desktop publishing industry. The company’s founders shared a vision in which desktop publishing and digital type would open up doors and allow for the access of previously exclusive typefaces to a broader public audience. Eventually, this idea of opening up the type market led to the development of fonts like Amerigo and New Lincoln Gothic; designs that played huge roles in the launching, and eventual success, of desktop publishing. With best-selling typefaces like Futura in its line up, this library made an enormous impact on the type industry and helped to form it into what it is today.

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