Insignia

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Credits

Designer(s)
Neville Brody
Foundry(ies)
Linotype
Release Year
1989
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Classification
Sans Serif, Geometric Sans
Original Format
Digital
Distributor(s)
MyFonts, Adobe, Linotype, FontShop
Tags
deco, geometric, sans

Background

Insignia is a 1986 typeface by British designer Neville Brody. Originally developed as a headline face for Arena magazine, Insignia is a monoline display typeface immediately identifiable by cross-strokes on the capitals that cut through the main stems of the capital letters. Use Insignia for advertising and display work. The “A” faces are similar to the regular ones, but have alternate versions of the following characters: E, F, J, P, R, S, Z, Thorn, s, t (and the accented versions of these characters).

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Last edited by Stephen Coles on September 3, 2009, 07:33am EST

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