Classic Grotesque
It is a variant designed by Rod McDonald. The design combines the features in Venus and Ideal Grotesk font families. Alternate characters are also added. The development was originally approved in 2008, and was lasted 4 years.
The font family includes 14 fonts in 7 weights and 1 width, with a complementary italic. OpenType features include numerators/denominators, fractions, ligatures, lining/old style/proportional/tabular figures, superscript, small captitals, stylistic alternates, stylistic sets 1 and 2 (roman fonts only).
OpenType Pro version supports all western European, most central European and many eastern European languages.
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