Smaragd

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Credits

Designer(s)
Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse
Foundry(ies)
Linotype
Release Year
1953
Country of Origin
Germany
Classification
Inscriptional
Original Format
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Distributor(s)
Linotype, MyFonts
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Smaragd is a light and gracious font especially appropriate for titles and cards. It is Gudrun Zapf von Hesse’s interpretation of Baroque adornment engravings. Smaragd is clear and festive, well-suited to titles and headings, initials and private printed materials, such as cards and stationery.

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Last edited by JulianMoncada on September 18, 2009, 03:42pm EST

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