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Zapf Elliptical 711

by ParaType
Individual Styles from $30.00 USD
Complete family of 4 fonts: $99.00 USD
The Zapf Elliptical 711 Font Family was designed by Hermann Zapf, Natalia Vasilyeva and published by ParaType. Zapf Elliptical 711 contains 4 styles and family package options.

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The Bitstream version of Melior, a twentieth century modern face commissioned by Stempel and designed by Hermann Zapf in 1952. It is based on Zapf’s thoughts about the squared-off circle known as a super-ellipse. The type was originally intended as a newspaper text face by Linotype. Hermann Zapf’s Melior exhibits a robust character through classic and objective forms. Versatile and extremely legible, it can be used for a variety of texts and point sizes. Cyrillic version was developed by Natalya Vasilyeva and licensed by Paratype in 2002.

Designers: Hermann Zapf, Natalia Vasilyeva

Publisher: ParaType

Foundry: ParaType

Design Owner: ParaType

MyFonts debut: Dec 8, 2003

Zapf Elliptical 711

About ParaType

Paratype has been designing, developing and distributing digital fonts since the 1980’s. Our ever-growing library of hundreds of typefaces includes some of the most widely used fonts, such as Futura PT, DIN 2014, Circe, Vast, Fact and PT Sans/Serif Pro. Paratype fonts have extensive language support covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts. We also create custom fonts and provide font mastering and software services.

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