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Meier Kapitalis

Meier Kapitalis™

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Complete family of 4 fonts: $149.00
Meier Kapitalis Font Family was designed by Hans Eduard Meier, Veronika Elsner and published by Elsner+Flake. Meier Kapitalis contains 8 styles and family package options.

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About Meier Kapitalis Font Family


As a late work the “Meier Kapitalis” forms an arch within the typographic creations of the Swiss type designer Hans Meier who died in 2014. The first sketches of this typeface can be found in the teaching manual “The Development of Script and Type” (German: “Die Schriftentwicklung”; French “Le développement des caractères”) which was published in 1994, however, under the title “Roman Lapidary, 1st Century”. The booklet was first published by the Syntax Press, Cham, Switzerland and contains an introduction by Max Caflisch in which he writes: „The present work, „The Development of Script and Type“ is a concise, authoritative textbook, concentrating on the essentials in a wide survey from ancient Greek inscriptions to the printer’s typefaces of the present day. His (Meier’s) 72 varieties of letterforms enable the student or general reader to understand the history of script and type, while more than 60 of his own calligraphic specimens provide excellent models for all who practice this art.“ Unfortunately, the “Meier Kapitalis” is one of the few typeface families in this publication which has been digitized. It was to be the last type project fully realized by Meier. In cooperation with Elsner+Flake, the typeface family was developed and expanded and now contains the four cuts: Roman, Medium, Demi Bold and Bold with either a complement of characters for 78 Latin-based languages (EL=EuropaPlus) or in West-Layout.

Designers: Hans Eduard Meier, Veronika Elsner

Publisher: Elsner+Flake

Foundry: Elsner+Flake

Design Owner: Elsner+Flake

MyFonts debut: Nov 4, 2015

Meier Kapitalis™ is a trademark of Elsner+Flake.

About Elsner+Flake

About Elsner+FlakeIn March 1986 Veronika Elsner and Günther Flake founded their company Elsner+Flake Designstudios after ten years of freelance experience in the field of type design, typography and digitizing of fonts and logos. The general aim of the company is to create a continuously growing library of digital fonts. Today the Elsner+Flake Digital Library with a worldwide presentation and appreciation contains more than 2,500 fonts, which are available in Mac PostScript, PC PostScript and PC Truetype.Typography with a DifferenceElectronic modification is avoided, all italics are digitized from original artwork. Text and headline typefaces have matching cap heights and contain standard character layouts. Complete kerning tables guarantee a precise appearance and excellent legibility. Accents on caps and lowercase letters are individually designed. Many typefaces feature small caps and old style numbers. Most fonts are already completed with the new euro currency symbol.Partners WorldwideElsner+Flake cooperates worldwide with more than thirty-five business partners. In case of questions concerning the Elsner+Flake Digital Library or to order a specimen catalogue please contact the address given. We will introduce you to your closest Elsner+Flake distributor.

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