Crimson (typeface)
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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Garalde old-style |
| Designer(s) | Sebastian Kosch |
| Date released | 2010 |
Crimson is a serif typeface released under the Open Font License. It is designed by Sebastian Kosch, with inputs from other contributors.[1][2]
Design[edit]
Crimson is inspired by old-style typefaces such as Minion, Arno, Sabon, and Hoefler Text.[2] Crimson can be described as a Garalde typeface and shares similarities with the designs of Claude Garamond, among others.[3]
Releases[edit]
Crimson was first released as Crimson Text in 2010, with another optical size known as Crimson Display planned. Crimson Display was never completed.[2]
In 2012, the typeface was re-released as Crimson and a number of issues (e.g., inconsistent spacing) were fixed. Crimson comes with 3 weights (Regular, Semibold, and Bold) and their respective italics, totalling 6 styles.[4]
Crimson is available on GitHub[2] and as packages on Arch Linux.[5][6]
Related Typefaces[edit]
Amiri[edit]
Amiri is an Arabic typeface designed by Khaled Hosny and released under the Open Font License.[7] The Latin characters of Amiri are based on Crimson.[8]
Amiri is available on Google Fonts and comes with Regular and Bold.[9]
Cochineal[edit]
Cochineal is a fork of Crimson created by Michael Sharpe and is available as a TeX package.[3] Cochineal comes with 2 weights (Regular and Bold) and adds over 1500 glyphs, including Greek and Russian characters.[10]
Crimson Pro[edit]
Jacques Le Bailly redesigned Crimson and released it as another typeface known as Crimson Pro.[2][11]
Crimson Pro and Crimson have many differences. For instance, the two typefaces have different x-heights; the brackets of Crimson Pro's serifs are angular (as opposed to the rounded brackets of Crimson's serifs); the uppercase "P" of Crimson Pro does not have a gap next to its vertical.
Crimson Pro comes with 8 weights (Extra-light, Light, Regular, Medium, Semi-bold, Bold, Extra-bold, and Black).[12] It also has variable font.[11][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Crimson in use". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "GitHub - skosch/Crimson: The Crimson Text typeface". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "cochineal – Cochineal fonts with LaTeX support". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "Font Squirrel - Crimson Font". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "otf-crimson". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "ttf-crimson". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "GitHub - aliftype/amiri: Amiri (أميري) is a body text Naskh typeface". Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ↑ "Amiri in use". Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ↑ "Amiri - Google Fonts". Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ↑ "The Cochineal Font Package" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "GitHub - Fonthausen/CrimsonPro: The Crimson Text typeface". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "Crimson Pro - Google Fonts". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ↑ "ttf-crimson-pro-variable". Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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