On his blog, Typefoundry, James Mosley publishes an extensive article on the earliest usage of the sans serif (or san serif) in the late 18th century. Mosley observes that architects used sans serif on building facades before the style emanated from the type foundry. "In 1779 John Soane used san serif capitals on a drawing for a British Senate House that he was submitting to the Royal Academy in London in the hope of a prize. It is the earliest known example of the monoline sans serif inscriptional letter of Republican Rome that was revived at this date and became widely used for signs and typography.)
"... it suggested that this letter was the origin of all the san serifs of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Caslon Egyptian of (about) 1816 to Futura, Univers and their descendents." 1
The "First Sans Serif"
From the Linotype essay by Adrian Frutiger. "The first sans serif font to appear in a type sample book was by William Caslon IV in 1816. This new typeface caught on quickly and began to appear all over Europe and the U.S. under the names "Grotesque" and "Sans Serif."
Soon, bold and slender weights of this type could be found everywhere in newspaper headlines, on posters and brochures... In their basic forms, the sans serif lowercase letters remained quite similar to those in roman type, the vertical strokes retaining a greater thickness compared to the oblique transitions and joins. 2
"Other sans display faces followed. Vincent Figgins was the first to use the term sans serif when he designed Two-line Great Primer Sans-serif in 1832. Two years later, William Thorowgood was the first to design a lowercase with his Seven Line Grotesque (above), introducing at the same time the word 'Grotesque'. From a design point of view these typefaces have little value, but it is interesting to note their existence. 3
The use of these new typefaces was limited almost exclusively to typesetting for titles and headlines. The body text remained true to the classic form of roman type. This situation would endure for over 100 years. It wasn't until after World War II that sans serif fonts were to experience a true renaissance and revolutionize the world of text publishing. 2
On his blog, Typefoundry, James Mosley publishes an extensive article on the earliest usage of the sans serif (or san serif) in the late 18th century. Mosley observes that architects used sans serif on building facades before the style emanated from the type foundry. "In 1779 John Soane used san serif capitals on a drawing for a British Senate House that he was submitting to the Royal Academy in London in the hope of a prize. It is the earliest known example of the monoline sans serif inscriptional letter of Republican Rome that was revived at this date and became widely used for signs and typography.)"... it suggested that this letter was the origin of all the san serifs of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Caslon Egyptian of (about) 1816 to Futura, Univers and their descendents." 1 The "First Sans Serif" From the Linotype essay by Adrian Frutiger. "The first sans serif font to appear in a type sample book was by William Caslon IV in 1816. This new typeface caught on quickly and began to appear all over Europe and the U.S. under the names "Grotesque" and "Sans Serif." Soon, bold and slender weights of this type could be found everywhere in newspaper headlines, on posters and brochures... In their basic forms, the sans serif lowercase letters remained quite similar to those in roman type, the vertical strokes retaining a greater thickness compared to the oblique transitions and joins. 2 "Other sans display faces followed. Vincent Figgins was the first to use the term sans serif when he designed Two-line Great Primer Sans-serif in 1832. Two years later, William Thorowgood was the first to design a lowercase with his Seven Line Grotesque (above), introducing at the same time the word 'Grotesque'. From a design point of view these typefaces have little value, but it is interesting to note their existence. 3 The use of these new typefaces was limited almost exclusively to typesetting for titles and headlines. The body text remained true to the classic form of roman type. This situation would endure for over 100 years. It wasn't until after World War II that sans serif fonts were to experience a true renaissance and revolutionize the world of text publishing. 2
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