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Broadside Text
by Device
Individual Styles from $39.00 USD
Complete family of 14 fonts: $319.00 USD
Broadside Text Font Family was
designed by
Rian Hughes and
published by
Device. Broadside Text contains
15
styles family package options.
More about this family
- Aa Glyphs
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Best ValueFamily Packages
- Individual Styles
- Tech Specs
- Licensing
Basic typesetting
Letter case
Numerals and scientific typesetting
Typographic variants
Reset
Broadside Text Essentials
6 fontsPer Style:
$26.50 USD
Pack of 6 styles:
$159.00 USD
About the family
Broadside Text is a companion to Broadside, and is optimised for use at smaller sizes. More open counters, more generous letter-spacing and additional fractions increase legibility. The original Broadside family is suitable for headlines and larger sizes, and also comes with condensed and extended versions.
Broadside is a versatile, authoritative and functional family inspired by the sans serifs seen on ’40s and ’50s patriotic posters and period advertising. It is available in seven weights across condensed, normal and extended widths, each with reweighed italics.
The type from this period was very often hand-drawn, and so differs considerably from poster to poster. Many American examples of this period use a Photo-Lettering style called Murray Hill and its derivatives, although their UK counterparts, designed by such luminaries as Abram Games or Tom Eckersley, are more stylistically diverse. Even though no single model is available to base a digitisation on, there are certain recurring stylistic quirks that give the type its unique flavour, and so the most interesting examples from several sources were be combined for the final family.
Alternate short descenders, allowing for tighter line spacing, can be toggled on or off in the Opentype panel of Indesign or Illustrator.
Tabular and lining numerals and a single-story ‘a’ are also available in all weights and styles.
Designers: Rian Hughes
Publisher: Device
Foundry: Device
Original Foundry: Device
Design Owner: Device
MyFonts debut: May 14, 2021
Broadside Text
About Device
Device Fonts is the font arm of Rian Hughes’ Device studio, operating out of Kew Gardens, London. An early contributor to FontShop’s FontFont range, Device Fonts was launched in 1997 to carry Hughes’ growing library. It has released over 200 original typefaces covering more than 1000 individual weights, including custom designs for clients as diverse as Mac User, 2000AD and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Rian studied at the London College of...
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