FF Kievit
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| Category | Sans-serif |
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| Classification | Humanist |
| Designer(s) | Mike Abbink Christian Schwartz Paul van der Laan |
| Foundry | FontShop International |
| Date created | 1995-2000 |
| Date released | 2001 |
| License | Commercial |
FF Kievit is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Mike Abbink, Christian Schwartz and Paul van dan Laan, published by FontShop International, and released in 2001. It currently has 18 styles, including 9 weights and true italics, as well as small caps and text figures. It is described as being "ideal for large projects in print and on screen."[1]
It features large x-height as well as open apertures, which are optimised for small text sizes. It takes inspiration from a number of classic sans-serif typefaces, such as Frutiger and Univers, and humanist serif typefaces including Garamond.[1]
History
Work for FF Kievit began by Mike Abbink when he was a student in design school over a few years and completed at Studio Method Inc. in San Francisco.[1] The typeface was published by FontShop International in 2001. The original typeface family consisted of 12 styles, with six weights: Regular, Book, Medium, Bold, Extra Bold, and Black, but three lighter weights, Thin, Extra Light and Light, were later added by Paul van der Laan.[2]
Usage
FF Kievit was used as main typeface in Autodesk in the 2000s.[2] University of California currently uses FF Kievit as main sans-serif typeface along with the serif typeface Lyon.[3]
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR, a German broadcasting service) also uses a customized version of FF Kievit, called WDR Sans. WDR designed WDR Slab and WDR Serif, based on FF Kievit, in partnership with Mike Abbink to complete the typeface family.[4]
Variations
- FF Kievit Slab is a slab serif variation of FF Kievit, released on 18 September 2013.[5] Like the original FF Kievit, it also features 18 styles with 9 weights, and multiple OpenType features.[1]
- FF Kievit Serif is a serif variation of FF Kievit, released on 13 August 2019.[6] The variation has 14 styles with 7 weights, and numerous OpenType features. It is inspired by old-style serif fonts, such as Garamond and Granjon.[7]
Awards
FF Kievit received an award at ISTD TypoGraphic Awards 2001. It was featured on list of ATypI's best typefaces from previous century.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 info@myfonts.com, Monotype. "FF Kievit - News Font | MyFonts" (in en). https://www.myfonts.com/pages/linotype-ff-kievit.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "type invaders fonts | FF Kievit Cyrillic and Greek". https://type-invaders.com/kievit.
- ↑ "Typography | Brand Guidelines | University of California". https://brand.universityofcalifornia.edu/guidelines/identity/typography.html.
- ↑ "WDR Serif and Sans" (in en). https://boldmonday.com/custom/wdr.
- ↑ "News: New Release: FF 64". 2015-09-09. https://www.fontfont.com/news/new-release-ff-64.
- ↑ "Font News [New Font Release FontFont released FF Kievit Serif."]. https://typecache.com/news/3366.
- ↑ "FF Kievit Serif Font | Webfont & Desktop | MyFonts" (in en). https://www.myfonts.com/collections/ff-kievit-serif-font-fontfont?rfsn=6624930.0d2bef#aboutThisFont.
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