| Date: 1995 Designer:
Zuzanna Licko Foundry:
Emigré Location:
California, USA Current equivalent:
Emigré Base Nine, Emigré Base Twelve See also:
Verdana, Tahoma, Georgia by Matthew Carter Technologies:
Postscript | | Famous for:
First typeface to address spacing problems between screen and print applications.
Applications: Onscreen and Multimedia Ubiquity:
Average use Category:
Sans Serif Bitmap
Stress: Vertical
Serifs: Sans Serif | | Design history:
Zuzanna Licko addressed the problem of developing printable website content with this font, the first truly multimedia typeface. At first glance it looks like a rather awkward monospaced sans serif / serif hybrid, but her rationale behind the typeface is complex and ingenious. Licko developed harmonised screen and printer fonts with matching character widths for the Emigré website. Base Twelve is generated from the 12 point size of the screen bitmap, while Base Nine is from the 9 point size. The outline information of the printer fonts were then sized to match the screen fonts, producing a proportional-width font comprising 24 variants.
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