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Congress Sans

Congress Sans®

by Club Type
Individual Styles from $36.99 USD
Complete family of 18 fonts: $499.99 USD
Congress Sans Font Family was designed by Adrian Williams and published by Club Type. Congress Sans contains 18 styles and family package options.

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    About Congress Sans Font Family


    This sans serif type was completed in 1985, a descendant of the earlier serifed Congress shown for the first time at the Association Typographique International Congress, which proved to be so popular in 1980 at Kiel; designed to present a style equally appealing in European languages. Many characters are more condensed than is usual, while others have been exaggerated. The concept being to bring an equality of importance to the whole, producing a collection of International characters working together in harmony on the page-a common aim that Europeans wish of any Congress.

    Designers: Adrian Williams

    Publisher: Club Type

    Foundry: Club Type

    Original Foundry: Club Type

    Design Owner: Club Type

    MyFonts debut: Jun 6, 2008

    Congress Sans® is a trademark of Adrian Williams.

    About Club Type

    Adrian Williams began his career converting many established metal designs for the new filmsetting devices in 1969; an era when Other Equipment Manufacturers offered their devices, each with its own kind of unit system for the operating program. During the 70s he became involved with converting typefaces to digitized systems and is responsible for many original designs which he redrew, working with each Manufacturer to make fonts for their unique formats. This led to the production of custom made fo...

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