Ziggurat
Black Italic
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- Designer(s)
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones
- Foundry(ies)
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones
- Release Year
- 2000
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Classification
- Serif, Slab Serif, Egyptian
- Original Format
- Digital
- Distributor(s)
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones
- Tags
- egyptian, metal type, slab serif
Background
Not explicitly a revival of any one typeface, Ziggurat takes its cues from the entire aesthetic of early slab serif (or “Egyptian”) metal types, primarily those produced in Great Britain between 1815 and 1840.
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