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Radiant (typeface)

Radiant is a sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1938 for the Ludlow Typograph company. Radiant is a "stressed" or "modulated" sans-serif, in which there is a clear difference between the weight of vertical and horizontal strokes. It is intended particularly for display and non-body-text use, such as in advertising.

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Radiant is a sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1938 for the Ludlow Typograph company.1 Radiant is a "stressed" or "modulated" sans-serif, in which there is a clear difference between the weight of vertical and horizontal strokes. It is intended particularly for display and non-body-text use, such as in advertising.

Radiant has been digitised in several versions.2345678

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References

  1. Allan Haley (15 September 1992). Typographic Milestones. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 117–120. ISBN 978-0-471-28894-7.
  2. "Red Rooster Fonts Radiant". MyFonts.
  3. "URW Radiant". MyFonts.
  4. "EF Radiant". MyFonts.
  5. "OL Radiant". MyFonts.
  6. "Radiant Extra Condensed CT". MyFonts.
  7. "OL Radiant Slender". MyFonts.
  8. "ImageClub Radiant Condensed". MyFonts.
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