Perpetua® Perfect Font Pairings
ABOUT THE FAMILY:
Perpetua was to be the first original typeface in Stanley Morison’s plan for building the Monotype type library. He wanted the design patterned after epigraphic rather than calligraphic letters, and asked Eric Gill to create the design.
The Perpetua family is available in two weights, each with an italic, and three weights of titling designs.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
- Sans serif typefaces with a wide range of weights
- Slab or Clarendon typefaces with subtle stroke weight changes
- Old Style typeface designs like Eloquence™ or ITC Legacy® Square Serif
- Didone typefaces like Walbaum and ITC Bodoni Seventytwo™
PERPETUA PAIRING WITH TEXT FONTS:
PERPETUA PAIRING WITH DISPLAY FONTS:
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