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Proto Grotesk

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Experimental Mechanics Геры Университете Глазго Αποδεικτική Διαδικασία Μιτ
Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars.
Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars.
Herschel constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. Herschel published catalogues of nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars.
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Сын военного музыканта из Ганновера, Уильям Гершель вместе с братьями получил музыкальное образование (гобоист и скрипач). С 19-летнего возраста постоянно проживал в Англии, где вначале получил известность как композитор и музыкант-виртуоз.
Ο Φρήντριχ Βίλχελμ Χέρσελ γεννήθηκε στο Εκλεκτοράτο του Αννοβέρου στη Γερμανία, τότε μέρος της Αγίας Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, και ήταν ένα από τα δέκα παιδιά του Ίσακ Χέρσελ (1707 - 1767) και της Άννα Ίλσε Μόριτσεν (1710 - 1789), με γερμανική Λουθηρανική καταγωγή.
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Information

Design

Jean-Baptiste Levée

Release Date

2014-07-15

Team

Ilya Ruderman
Yury Ostromentsky
Emilios Theofanous
Yoann Minet
Hugues Gentile

Version

3.001

Awards & distinctions

Type Directors Club New York Certificate of excellence 2015
Type Directors Club Tokyo Selection 2015
Hiii Typography Merit Award 优异奖 2014
Typecache best of 2014
Typo365 best of 2014
Typographica's favourite of 2014
Typefacts Best of 2014
Fontwerk Die besten Schriften 2014

About this font

Over the last hundred years or so, utilitarian typefaces have shed most of their quirks and eccentricities on the way to becoming more versatile and universal. That makes some sense, but there’s no reason type can’t be both steadfast and peculiar. Drawing from an early German sans serif used for catalog text, Proto Grotesk revives an era when clunkiness was a virtue. Its pedigree is varied, vacillating between Egyptian and Modern, round and edged, even sans and slab. Despite these contradictions, its posture is nothing less than sturdy and forthright. Proto Grotesk is strange but steady.

Formats

Static (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

Language support

Abaza, Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Adyghe, Afar, Afrikaans, Aghul, Alekano, Aleut, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Andi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asu (Tanzania), Atayal, Avaric, Balinese, Bari, Bashkir, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Belarusian, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Budukh, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Chamalal, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chechen, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chinese Buriat, Chokwe, Chuukese, Chuvash, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dargwa, Dehu, Dungan, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Embu, English, Erzya, Ese Ejja, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, Ga’anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Halh Mongolian, Hani, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish, Istro Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, Judeo-Tat, K'iche', Kabardian, Kabuverdianu, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kalmyk, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Karachay-Balkar, Karelian, Kashubian, Kazakh, Kekchí, Kenzi, Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Kituba (DRC), Komi-Permyak, Komi-Zyrian, Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kumyk, Kven Finnish, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Lak, Latgalian, Lezghian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Macedonian, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandinka, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Modern Greek, Mohawk, Moksha, Mongolian Buriat, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Muslim Tat, Mwani, Mískito, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nogai, Nomatsiguenga, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Orma, Oroqen, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papiamento, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Russian, Russian Buriat, Rusyn, Rutul, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tabassaran, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tajik, Tatar, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tosk Albanian, Tsakhur, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvinian, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Udi, Ukrainian, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Venetian, Veps, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yucateco, Zulu, Záparo

About the designers

  • Jean-Baptiste Levée is a type designer with a strong focus on corporate and bespoke typefaces.

    Jean-Baptiste Levée

    CEO, founder

    Jean-Baptiste Levée (1981) has designed over a hundred typefaces for industry, moving pictures, fashion and media. He is the founder of the independent foundry Production Type.

Glyphs

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OpenType Features

Production Type ships OpenType fonts with built-in features such as ligatures, alternates, or pictograms. Here are some of the most important features. To view a comprehensive list of features, please refer to the PDF specimen.

Capital Spacing

UPPERCASE ­

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Case-Sensitive Forms

[CASE-SENSITIVE] !¡?¿-–—()[]{}‹›«»· ­

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Standard Ligatures

fichier flicker affliger ­

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Slashed Zero

0123456789 ­

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Superscript

H012345679 ­

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Scientific Inferiors

H012345679 ­

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Numerators

H012345679 ­

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Denominators

H012345679 ­

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Fractions

1/4 1/2 3/4 ­

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Ordinals

2a 2o NO No Nº N° nO no nº n° ­

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Contextual Alternates

ΆΑ ΆΒ ΆΓ ΆΔ ΆΕ ΆΖ ΆΗ ΆΘ ΆΙ ΆΚ ΆΛ ΆΜ ΆΝ ΆΞ ΆΟ ΆΠ ΆΡ ­

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Access All Alternates

R&D ­

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Stylistic Set 1

another animal ­

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Stylistic Set 2

big guy, tough guy ­

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Stylistic Set 3

to be or not to be ­

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Stylistic Set 4

COOL CATS ­

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Stylistic Set 5

JUMP AROUND ­

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Stylistic Set 6

CONQUEROR ­

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Stylistic Set 7

LONE RANGER ­

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Stylistic Set 8

ИСКУСНОСТЬ ­

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Stylistic Set 9

АЛЕЈАТА ­

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Stylistic Set 10

Создание ­

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Stylistic Set 11

ΕΥΕΛΙΞΙΑ ­

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Stylistic Set 12

ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΨΗ ­

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Stylistic Set 13

ΓΝΩΣΗΣ ­

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Stylistic Set 14

Υποδομών ­

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Stylistic Set 15

Εφαρμογή ­

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Stylistic Set 16

012345678910 ­

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Stylistic Set 17

012345678910 ­

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Stylistic Set 18

<>+−×÷=± ­

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Stylistic Set 19

rstuvw ­

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Stylistic Set 20

0123456789 ­

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Pair well with Proto Grotesk

  • Proto Grotesk Regular

    Laaksonen, Esa (2013). 1999

    Helmut Extended

    Brown, Theodore M. (1969). Collage

  • Proto Grotesk Regular

    Laaksonen, Esa (2013). 1999

    Arc Light

    Brown, Theodore M. (1969). Collage

  • Proto Grotesk Light

    Laaksonen, Esa (2013). 1999

    Big Daily Short Regular

    Brown, Theodore M. (1969). Collage

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