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a site for
exploring fonts
scroll down to view a brief history on the evolution of fonts, or click a
font name to learn more about it and its appropriate pairings
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1440:
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press
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1501:
The first italic font surfaces
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1798:
The first version of Bodoni is released
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1800:
Sans serif fonts are introduced
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1885:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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1926:
Gill Sans designed by Eric Gill
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1927:
Creation of Futura begins
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1957:
Helvetica is born
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1994:
Comic Sans is designed for Microsoft
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1994:
Playfair Display is released
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2011:
Roboto is added to Google Fonts
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2011:
Google commissions the creation of Open Sans
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1927:
Google releases an open source version of EB Garamond
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2014:
Josefin Sans is released
Josefin Sans
sans-serif
The idea for creating this typeface was to make it geometric, elegant and kind of vintage, especially for titling. It is inspired by Rudolf Koch's Kabel (1927), Rudolf Wolf's Memphis (1930), Paul Renner's Futura (1927). Orozco's idea was to draw something with good style, that reflects Swedish design and their passion for a good lifestyle, and by default all other Scandinavian styles. The x-height is half way from baseline to caps height, unlike any other modern typeface. It also has a sister family, Josefin Slab.
YEAR RELEASED
2014DESIGNED BY
Santiago OrozcoINSPIRED BY
Kabel & FuturaCHARACTERS & SYMBOLS
try it out yourself. type whatever you want below
FONT COMBINATIONS FOR Josefin Sans
Josefin Sans
&
Merriweather
HEADER TEXT
use Josefin Sans as the header, and a light version of Merriweather for the body text
Josefin Sans
&
Bodoni
HEADER TEXT
use Josefin Sans as the header, and a light version of Bodoni for the body text