Proxima Nova is a complete reworking of the Proxima Sans family, originally released in 1994. The original six fonts (three weights with italics) have been expanded to 42 full-featured OpenType fonts. Proxima Nova straddles the gap between typefaces like Futura and Akzidenz Grotesk. The result is a hybrid combining humanistic proportions with a somewhat geometric appearance.Features include:
- 7 weights: Thin, Light, Regular, Semibold, Bold, Extrabold, and Black (not all weights are represented in every Proxima Nova package)
- 3 widths: Normal, Condensed, and Extra Condensed (not all widths are represented in every Proxima Nova package)
- Matching italics for all weights and widths
- Matching small caps for all weights and widths *
- Lining and old style figures (proportional and tabular) *
- Full ‘f’ ligature set *
- Alternate characters (a, l, y, G) *
- Automatic fractions *
- Automatic ordinals *
- Dingbats (16) *
- Extended language support (most Latin-based scripts supported) *
- Extended currency support *
* These features require applications with OpenType or Unicode support.
About the designer:
Mark Simonson started his career as a graphic designer and illustrator in 1976. Early on, he worked as an art director on a number of national magazines and other publications. He was head designer and art director for Minnesota Public Radio and an art director for its sister company, Rivertown Trading Company, designing over 200 audio packages, including many by Garrison Keillor. He frequently has done lettering as part of his design projects, and in 2000 he opened his own shop specializing in lettering and type design. He has been interested in type design since college and started licensing fonts to FontHaus in 1992. He now has more than 70 fonts on the market with many more to come. Type design is now the main focus of his activities.
This package contains:
Proxima Nova Thin, Light, Regular, Semibold, Bold, Extrabold, Black with Italics of each; Proxima Nova Condensed Thin, Condensed Light, Condensed Regular, Condensed Semibold, Condensed Bold, Condensed Extrabold, Condensed Black with Italics of each; Proxima Nova Extra Condensed Thin, Extra Condensed Light, Extra Condensed Regular, Extra Condensed Semibold, Extra Condensed Bold, Extra Condensed Extrabold, Extra Condensed Black with Italics of each
Copyright © 2005 Mark Simonson
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