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    “The Danzig-based Francke typefoundry first advertised a heavy sans-serif typeface called Zeitungs-Grotesque in 1874. Their specimens for the typeface announced that other foundries could purchase duplicate matrices of its design. Many founders took Francke up on that offer: the Zeitungs-Grotesque design quickly became the most widely-distributed heavy sans serif in German-speaking Europe.”

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    Les

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    Shame about that lowercase 's' !!!!!

    Gecko

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    Yep that lowercase 's' is as ugly as !!! It looks like it came from a completely different font.

     

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    Riccardo Sartori

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    Probably because of that, I find that |s| perhaps the most memorable part of the typeface.

    Gecko

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    Yep that S is like the mole on one of cinderella's ugly sisters.

     

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