Gaslon was designed by Patrick Griffin, A. Bihari and published by Canada Type. Gaslon includes 2 designs and family package options. p > Gaslon is a minor reinterpretation and major growth of a 1973 movie type called Corvina Black, originally designed for VGC by A. Bihari.

While the initial typeface was popular in its own right, there were some things in it that were too eccentric to operate in the display applications it was planned for. Some of the letter mixes just didn't work to their visual optimum. For example the a and o were too comparable, ditto the C and G, the E, F and J were too frustrating to be set appropriately within particular screen usages.

Gaslon removes these issues by the addition of plenty of alternates for the large bulk of the initial letters. In reality, the initial a is itself now an alternate to a stunning brand-new one.

The Gaslon Alt font includes incredible possibilities for both unicase use, and correct use in combination with the primary typeface. This is our real tribute to a typeface that had great potential more than three years back, however was ignored by digitizers since of a few peculiarities it had in film type contexts.

Full of curves and invite, Gaslon ranks extremely high amongst the friendliest poster deals with ever made. It is perfect for friendly shop indications, kids book covers, and plenty of other applications.

In reality, if you're preparing on adding to a couple of protests around your neighborhood or city, you would probably be much better off using Gaslon to assist your sign/placard bring words and mottos that are big however friendly. Absolutely nothing beats 'DOWN WITH GAS RATES' set in a good creative mix of the numerous Gaslon letters.

The OpenType version of Gaslon is a single font style which contains all the alternates and niceties programmed within features accessible by OT-friendly programs.

Font Family:
· Gaslon
· Gaslon Alt

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