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Friar™

by Matteson Typographics
Individual Styles from $29.99 USD
The Friar Font Family was designed by Steve Matteson, Frederic W. Goudy and published by Matteson Typographics. Friar contains 1 styles.

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Friar Pro is a revival of Frederic W. Goudy's "Friar" typeface. Goudy described this typeface design as a 'typographic solecism' as it combines a lowercase of half-uncial forms from the 4th through 7th centuries with an uppercase of square capitals from the 4th century. Steve Matteson developed the font as a tribute to Goudy and his joy of typographic exploration. Steve created a complete character set with OpenType typographic enhancements to give the font an authentic appearance to the original. Friar Pro is a beautiful design which imparts a scribal appearance to any document including greeting cards, certificates and official papers.

Designers: Steve Matteson, Frederic W. Goudy

Publisher: Matteson Typographics

Foundry: Matteson Typographics

Original Foundry: Ascender

Design Owner: Ascender

MyFonts debut: Oct 16, 2009

Friar™ is a trademark of Ascender.

About Matteson Typographics

Steve Matteson is a veteran type designer based in Louisville, Colorado. With over 100 type designs to his name spanning corporate branding to whimsical display designs, Steve has a genuine love of letterforms and their communications potential. He has founded Matteson Typographics to publish new custom and commercial typefaces including the Aptos family for Microsoft Office. He finds inspiration in letter press printing, music and the outdoors. Enjoy these typefaces for their utility, their roots and their carefully crafted quality.

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