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P22 Glaser Houdini

P22 Glaser Houdini

by P22 Type Foundry
Individual Styles from $24.95
Complete family of 12 fonts: $74.96
P22 Glaser Houdini Font Family was designed by Milton Glaser and published by P22 Type Foundry. P22 Glaser Houdini contains 12 styles and family package options.

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About P22 Glaser Houdini Font Family


Milton Glaser commented about this type family: “The typeface is called Houdini after the famous American magician. I wanted to produce a letterform that would gradually disappear as one line after another was removed.”


The various versions of Houdini presented by P22 include those originally offered as phototypesetting fonts, plus a solid and an outline version—a variation of which was used for Sesame Place children’s park in 1980. These Houdini variations can all be layered on top of each other for a range of chromatic effects. Each of the Houdini fonts contains over 375 characters for full European language coverage.


The family is taken to its logical conclusion with the bonus font “P22 Glaser Houdini Vanished.” This font shares the same spacing and kerning as all of the Houdini font but lacks all visible outlines.


Over the years there have been many typefaces that borrowed heavily from the Glaser designs, but these are the only official fonts approved by Milton Glaser Studio and the Estate of Milton Glaser.

Designers: Milton Glaser

Publisher: P22 Type Foundry

Foundry: P22 Type Foundry

Design Owner: P22 Type Foundry

MyFonts debut: Apr 1, 2021

P22 Glaser Houdini

About P22 Type Foundry

P22 Type Foundry is a digital type foundry and letterpress printing studio based in Rochester, New York. The company was created in 1994 in Buffalo, New York by co-founders Richard Kegler and Carima El-Behairy. The company is best known for its type designs, which have appeared in films and on numerous commercial products. The P22 Type Foundry retail font collection specializes in historical letterforms inspired by art, history, and science that otherwise have never been available previously in digital form. P22 works with museums and foundations to ensure the development of accurate historical typefaces, and with private clients to create custom bespoke fonts. P22 also offers special curated collections, including International House of Fonts (IHOF), Lanston Type Co. (LTC) and Hamilton Wood Type Collection (HWT), all under the P22 Type Foundry umbrella.

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