FF Unit Slab
Thin
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Add type sampleCredits
- Designer(s)
- Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz, Kris Sowersby
- Foundry(ies)
- FontFont
- Release Year
- 2009
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Classification
- Serif, Slab Serif
- Original Format
- Digital
- Distributor(s)
- FontShop
- Tags
- correspondence, headlines, humanist, open, slab serif
Background
When Kris Sowersby, Christian Schwartz, and Erik Spiekermann were designing the parameters for FF Meta Serif, they spent quite some time on details like the thickness and the shape of the serifs “ should the face veer towards a slab with blocky, heavy serifs or should it be more of a traditional book face? In the end, they went for a “normal” serif face with fairly solid serifs, but some thick-thin contrast and counters that aren’t totally parallel to the outside shape of the letters. Stronger and thus more useful than Times New Roman while not as constructed as Rockwell.They did, however, like some of their explorations into a “humanist slab” so much, that they asked Sowersby to develop the initial sketches further as a companion for FF Unit. That, in fact, is FF Meta’s more serious sister, and it looked good with heavier serifs.
FF Unit Slab is a fairly condensed slab which pulls a punch in bold headlines and looks surprisingly good in text with its typewriter-like discipline. It can be mixed with FF Unit, of course, but also works as companion to FF Meta, while FF Meta Serif looks good when mixed with FF Unit “ whether for headlines or small text like captions. The two families share a common heritage and like to hang out with each other.
FF Unit Slab Pro adds Central European, Turkish, and Extended Latin character sets.
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