What is the Preface® font?
Preface vs. Helvetica/Futura/Gill: a different strategy of text color.
Whereas the established classes of sans serif typeface achieve a dynamic balance between stroke and space by combining a diversity of letterform with an evenness of fit, Preface switches the emphasis, driving out diagonals to create a dominant harmony of curves and perpendiculars, matched with a greater variety of inter-character space shapes—the result of extra width introduced in the “f” and “t”, and by the openness that accompanies the wide tails of the “ a” and “l”, the long ear of the “r”, and the serif of the “i”. More…
En masse, and in keeping with the present trend in typography, Preface exhibits a coarser texture than the traditional sans serif faces, but one that is nonetheless even and precise.
With tabular, oldstyle figures.
Preface® Font families
The Preface® includes the following font families:
- Preface Thin
- Preface Thin Italic
- Preface Light
- Preface Light Italic
- Preface Book
- Preface Book Italic
- Preface Regular
- Preface Italic
- Preface Bold
- Preface Bold Italic
- Preface Black
- Preface Black Italic
Preface® Preview
Here is a preview of how Preface® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
