Paul Renner (type designer, painter, author and teacher) sketched the initial drawings and based them loosely on the basic forms of circle, triangle and square. The style office at Bauer helped him in turning these geometric types into a tough, operating type family, and in time, Renner made modifications to make the Futura font styles a lot more legible.
Futura's long ascenders and descenders benefit from generous line spacing. The series of weights and styles make it a versatile household. Futura is timelessly modern-day; in 1928 it was striking, tasteful, extreme - and today it continues to be a popular typographic choice to express strength, sophistication, and conceptual clarity.
Font Family:
· Futura Pro Light
· Futura Pro Light Oblique
· Futura Pro Book
· Futura Pro Book Oblique
· Futura Pro Medium
· Futura Pro Medium Oblique
· Futura Pro Bold
· Futura Pro Bold Oblique
· Futura Pro Heavy
· Futura Pro Heavy Oblique
· Futura Pro Extra Bold
· Futura Pro Extra Bold Oblique
· Futura Pro Light Condensed
· Futura Pro Light Condensed Oblique
· Futura Pro Medium Condensed
· Futura Pro Medium Condensed Oblique
· Futura Pro Bold Condensed
· Futura Pro Bold Condensed Oblique
· Futura Pro Extra Bold Condensed
· Futura Pro Extra Bold Condensed Oblique
· Futura Pro Black
· Futura Pro Display
· Futura Std Light
· Futura Std Light Oblique
· Futura Std Book
· Futura Std Book Oblique
· Futura Std Medium
· Futura Std Medium Oblique
· Futura Std Bold
· Futura Std Bold Oblique
· Futura Std Heavy
· Futura Std Heavy Oblique
· Futura Std Extra Bold
· Futura Std Extra Bold Oblique
· Futura Std Light Condensed
· Futura Std Light Condensed Oblique
· Futura Std Medium Condensed
· Futura Std Medium Condensed Oblique
· Futura Std Bold Condensed
· Futura Std Bold Condensed Oblique
· Futura Std Extra Bold Condensed
· Futura Std Extra Bold Condensed Oblique
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