Americana™

from Linotype

Americana™ is a Linotype font family with 4 styles.

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Americana

Americana

Americana Italic

Americana Bold

Americana Extra Bold

Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: September 14th, 2000
Designed by: Richard Isbell
Letterform design based on: Americana
Contained in Categories: Decorative & Display, Garalde, Glyphic
Design owned by: Kingsley/ATF
MyFonts Keywords: 1960s, american, complex, decorative, elegant, flareserif, fragile, garalde, glyphic, label, magazine, roman, romanserif, sensible, serif, tinyserif, valuable, wide, newsheadline [suggest]

Americana

Americana was designed by typeface artist Richard Isbell in 1965. The typeface family consists of two weights and their respective italics. The generous forms of this typeface contain large inner spaces. Lines of text look light and airy and require generous line spacing. The high cross strokes and the open inner spaces make this font highly legible even in small and very small point sizes. The triangular serifs are a distinguishing characteristic of Americana. These first appeared in the 19th century in France and inspired by the developments in lithography, which allowed for freer forms. The forms were typical for advertisement and display typefaces. The sophisticated Americana is particularly suitable for advertisements and personal correspondence.

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