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Semiserif

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Last edited April 25, 2014
vortex
illustrative
Throw mischievous cook the sauce

FF Avance’s most notable characteristic is its use of asymmetrical serifs in the upright styles, something normally seen only in italics. Uppercase as well as lowercase letters have serifs in the upper left and lower right corners, vestiges as it were of the connection to earlier, handwritten letters. Evert Bloemsma’s focus on contemporary design made it difficult for him initially to consider... Read More

brandy
hypothenuses
Slip away the hot chicken slice

ITC Binary was designed by Mauricio Reyes in 1997 as a semiserif font with a pronounced stroke contrast. A distinguishing characteristic of this font is that many of the lower case letters seem to be missing a small piece of their forms, either at the base line or x-height. Setting the letters together makes an impression of waviness which draws the attention of the reader. Binary is a... Read More

rocket
enthusiastic
This shop does not receive the dog

ITC Dyadis font is the work of Austrian designer Yvonne Diedrich. It is named for the Greek word "dyas", meaning duality and explores the duality of serif and sans serif letterforms, blending their styles and focusing on their connection with one another. The forms were inspired by the typefaces of the 1920s and 30s and combine the legibility and elegance of a serif font with the simplicity... Read More

EF Keule Semi Serif Hubert Jocham Elsner+Flake 1995
safety
bureaucratic
Sarcasm is more a shield than a lance

FF Max is a Danish sans inspired by Aldo Novarese’s Eurostile (1962). The letter shapes in FF Max have rounder, friendlier forms, giving the typeface a certain human touch. FF Max works well as a headline face for magazines and newspapers, but sets text with surprising ability too.

rocket
ultraviolets
The best things in life are furry

FF Roice is a re-tooled version of the concept behind FF Engine. Both typefaces come from Dutch designer Alex Scholing. While each are contemporary sans serifs, FF Roice is the more “serious” of the two. FF Roice comes in five weights, each complete with italics. When Scholing first designed FF Engine in 1995, he had no type designing experience whatsoever. He soon learned that he could do... Read More

replay
conceptional
Misery loves bacon and cheese

Rotis is a large typeface family consisting of, Serif, Semi Serif, Semi Serif and Sans Serif font styles. Agfa Rotis was created for Agfa Compugraphic. The font styles are matched for weight and height to give consistency when mixed. Certain round characters have a distinctive calligraphic treatment which is apparent in all styles. A versatile family which can be used for text as well as... Read More

Evert Bloemsma
FontFont 2000
Mauricio Reyes
ITC 1997
Yvonne Diedrich
ITC 1998
Hubert Jocham
Elsner+Flake 1995
Morten Rostgaard Olsen
FontFont 2003
Alex Scholing
FontFont 2003
Otl Aicher
Monotype 1988