Racing Sans One Font
Designed by Impallari Type
On Google Fonts since 2012 • Popularity #415
Quick Summary
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Styles
400-400
Weight Range
Static
Not variable
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Languages / Subsets
© 2012, Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida , with Reserved Font Name Racing Sans.
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What's That Font?About Racing Sans One Fonts
Around 1800 (100 years before Helvetica and Univers) the first Sans Serif typefaces to include lowercase letters used to have very High Contrast (the difference between thick and thin lines). Maybe because the were derived from the more traditional serif typefaces of the time.
But for same reason, as the genre evolved, the fashion was to create 'monoline' sans, of very little contrast. Today, contrasted Sans are very rare, and only a few are successful.
While digging in old specimens, we found three that immediately caught our attention: Doric Italic and Taylor Gothic from American Type Founders (1897), and Charter Oak from Keystone Type Foundry of Philadelphia (1906).
Racing Sans is a current high contrast sans, paying tribute to this forgotten genre.
Who Designed Racing Sans One?
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Pablo Impallari is Argentinian type designer based in Rosario.
