Font family: | Morris Sans Com Light |
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Font version: | Version 1.01 |
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Characters: | 628 |
Number of glyphs: | 600 |
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Copyright notice: | Copyright © 2007 Linotype GmbH, www.linotype.com. All rights reserved. This font software may not be reproduced, modified, disclosed or transferred without the express written approval of Linotype GmbH. Morris Sans is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. This typeface is original artwork of Morris Fuller Benton. The design may be protected in certain jurisdictions. |
Font family: | Morris Sans Com Light |
Font Subfamily name: | Regular |
Unique font identifier: | Linotype GmbH:Morris Sans Com Light:2007 |
Full font name: | Morris Sans Com Light |
Version string: | Version 1.01 |
Postscript name: | MorrisSansCom-Light |
Trademark: | Morris Sans is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
Manufacturer Name: | Linotype GmbH |
Designer: | Morris Fuller Benton |
Description: | Morris Sans is a newly revised and extended version of a small geometric family of typefaces originally produced by Morris Fuller Benton in 1930 for ATF. His initial design consisted of an alphabet of squared capital letters with a unique twist that characterized its appearance: corners with rounded exteriors and right-angle interiors. The types were intended for use in the fine print found on business cards, banking or financial forms, and contracts. But over the ensuing decades, this design became a popular element in all sorts of design environments, and several foundries revived the typeface in digital form. Since digital fonts are bicameral, with slots for both upper and lowercase letters, new cuts of the type opted filled the lowercase slots with small caps. In 2006, Linotype commissioned its own version of the typeface - an extension for 21st century use. Under the advisement of Linotype's type director Akira Kobayashi, Dan Reynolds redrew the uppercase and added an original lowercase for the first time. Additionally, a number of extras were brought into the fonts, including six figure styles (tabular and proportional lining figures, tabular and proportional oldstyle figures, and special tabular and proportional small cap figures). Small caps, which have become an iconic element over time, are accessible in each font as an OpenType feature. To differentiate this version from the original, Linotype's new family is named Morris Sans, in honor of Morris Fuller Benton. All fonts in the Morris Sans family are OpenType Com fonts; they include a character set capable of setting 48 European languages that employ the Roman alphabet, including all Central and Eastern Europe languages, those from the Baltics, and Turkish. This glyph coverage extends to the small caps as well. Morris Sans is a wide typeface, especially in its regular widths; the condensed faces set a more conventional line of text. The new lowercase letters are less geometric than the uppercase, except for those that share the same basic forms (e.g., c, o, and s). Instead of following this geometric trend, the new lowercase tends to strengthen the humanist elements that were present in several characters from the original type, including the uppercase D and the figures 5, 6, and 9. Morris Sans also sports a number of glyphic flares, like the stroke found on the original uppercase Q. Morris Sans is a clean, modern design best suited for headlines, advertising, posters, expressive signage (especially on storefronts), and corporate identity work. |
URL Vendor: | http://www.linotype.com |
URL Designer: | http://www.linotype.com/fontdesigners |
License Description: | NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENT You have obtained this font software either directly from Linotype GmbH or together with software distributed by one of Linotype's licensees. This font software is a valuable asset of Linotype GmbH. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this font software is limited to your workstation for your own use. You may not copy or distribute this font software. If you have any questions regarding your license terms, please review the license agreement you received with the software. General license terms and usage rights can be viewed at www.linotype.com/license. Generelle Lizenzbedingungen und Nutzungsrechte finden Sie unter www.linotype.com/license. Pour plus d'informations concernant le contrat d'utilisation du logiciel de polices, veuillez consulter notre site web www.linotype.com/license. Linotype GmbH can be contacted at: Tel.: +49(0)6172 484-418 |
License Info URL: | http://www.linotype.com/license |
Typographic Family name: | Morris Sans Com |
Typographic Subfamily name: | Light |
Pixel unit: | 1000 |
Vertical minimum: | -240 |
Vertical maximum: | 1029 |
Horizontal minimum: | -175 |
Horizontal maximum: | 1835 |
Mac Style: | 0 |
Minimum readable pixel size: | 9 |
Font direction: | 2 |
Ascending part: | 750 |
Descending part: | -200 |
Line spacing: | 279 |
Maximum step width: | 1935 |
Minimum left side beraring: | -175 |
Minimum right side beraring: | -175 |
Non component maximum points | 88 |
Non component maximum contours | 7 |
Word weight type: | 300 |
Word width type: | 5 |
Size of superscript horizontal font : | 700 |
Size of superscript vertical font | 650 |
Superscript horizontal deviation | 0 |
Superscript vertical deviation | 140 |
Size of subscript level font: | 700 |
Size of subscript vertical | 650 |
Subscript horizontal offset: | 0 |
Subscript vertical offset: | 477 |
Delete line size: | 50 |
Delete line position: | 250 |
Font selection identifier: | 0 |
Typography ascending: | 750 |
Typography descending | -200 |
Typography spacing: | 279 |
Ascending part: | 1029 |
Descending part: | 200 |
Bevel: | 0 |
Underline position: | -75 |
Underline thickness: | 50 |